RE: OT - removing 25000 files !!

If the directory is in, for example, '/home' filesystem, then the following will take care of the excess files:

$su 
$umount /home
$newfs `grep "/home" /etc/vfstab|cut -f1`

All the files in the given subdirectory of the "/home" directory will be removed.

-----Original Message-----
From: ddorr.cs_at_clearstream.com [mailto:ddorr.cs_at_clearstream.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: OT - removing 25000 files !!

Although a certain number of working solutions have been suggested, I will add my 2 cents, as this one will avoid forking 25000 rm processes, and may speed up the whole process :

find <dir> | xargs rm -f

> ----------
> From: alex[SMTP:alex.apostolopoulos_at_mindmatics.de]
> Reply To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 14:50
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT - removing 25000 files !!
>
> Hi
> no wildcard command will work cause the asterix is resolved by the
> executing
> shell (limit to a certain buffersize) so you have to use eg.:
>
> find <name of dir> -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> cheers alex
>
>
> > How about:
> >
> > for file in *
> > do
> > /usr/bin/rm -f $file
> > done
> >
> > >
> > > List, how can i remove 25,000 files from a unix directory ??
> > > if i try rm -f * it returns
> > > "ksh: /usr/bin/rm: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long"
> > >
> > > if i give wild card it would take too long....
> > > it's not a separate file system so i cannot unmount and remove the FS.
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > rahul
> > >
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