Re: newbie - questions about "rm"

On 2006-12-27, Sybren Stuvel wrote:
dave8421@xxxxxxxxxxx enlightened us with:
I've read that 'xargs' should be used with 'rm' when using a list of
files too large for 'rm' to process.

Mostly it's a limit of the shell.

No, it's a limit of the system. The shell can takes as many
arguments as memory will allow.

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