Remove multiple files
Posted on Sun 15 January 2023 in Linux • 1 min read
Sometimes, I need to delete multiple gigantic files (usually logs) at once and the following message is generated
/bin/rm Argument list too long
So what to do?
Just enter the directory where the files are found and run some command alternatives
To delete all files containing "2023" in your name:
$ for a in *2023*; do rm $a; done
To delete all files that have the log extension
$ for a in *.log; do rm $a; done
Easy peasy! :)