SoloCDM <deedsmis(_at_)ris(_dot_)net> writes:
Recently I executed the following command:
rm -f dummy "ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,900d"
As a result, I received the following error:
bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
I know why (14,522 msg.* files exist in the directory), but I need a
solution.
Use xargs:
ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,900d | xargs -r rm -f
Philip Guenther