Re: arg list too long in unix

ls -1 cz* > /tmp/1.1
vi /tmp/1.1
:1,$ s/^/rm -f /
ZZ
/tmp/1.1

joe

Philip Douglass wrote:

>I'm not sure xargs will work -- it seems to me that since xargs is
>typically invoked as: 'ls cz* | xargs rm', Nuno is likely to get the same
>arg list too long error. I think the best way to delete the files would
>be: 'find . -name cz\* -exec rm -f {} \;'
>
>-- Philip
>
>----- Original Message -----
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 7:43 AM
>
>
>Use the "xargs" command.
>Read about it in the man pages.
>Or use "find", but that is more complex.
>
>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>nsouto_at_optushome.com.au
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>>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.
>>
>
>
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