Return-Path: Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by naude.co.za (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g7TCwt110595 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:58:55 -0400 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id FAA14273; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:52:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 004C259E; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:08:22 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:08:22 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Stephane Faroult Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Stephane Faroult Subject: Re: arg list too long in unix Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit kommareddy sreenivasa wrote: > > Hi all, > > OS: SOlaris 2.8 > DB: 8i > > In the clean up process of the following files, I am > trying to list out the files that start with cz. > > cz-session-returnui177_11Jan02_0959AM_33509.txt > cz-session-Applet178_11Jan02_0959AM_34108.txt > cz-session-returnui175_11Jan02_0959AM_20504.txt > cz-session-DHTML176_11Jan02_0959AM_22335.txt > cz-session-returnui179_11Jan02_1000AM_34566.txt > cz-session-Applet180_11Jan02_1000AM_34818.txt > cz-session-BatchSingle181_11Jan02_1001AM_07757.txt > cz-session-BatchSingle182_11Jan02_1001AM_11687.txt > cz-session-BatchSingle183_11Jan02_1001AM_14010.txt > cz-session-BatchSingle184_11Jan02_1001AM_17708.txt > cz-session-BatchSingle185_11Jan02_1001AM_20029.txt > > but when I issue ls -ltr cz* , I am getting arg list > too long error. I 70,000-80,000 files that needs to be > removed from the directory. > > I cant list them using ls -ltr *session* as this > string may change. I have to identify the files that > srart with cz only. > > can somebody through somelight on this. > > thanx in advance, > srinivas > Srinivas, If you are using the Bourne shell try issuing the same command under ksh. HTH Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: sfaroult@oriole.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).