Unable to delete LARGE folder

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 01:12:36PM -0500, Yanni Chiu wrote:
> Yup, I've that happen.
> 
> Usually I do:
> 
> rm a*
> rm b*
> ... etc.
> 
> or,
> rm [a-k]*

With 200000+ files, that might not even be enough.

Use find.  It works.  And it's faster.

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Len Sorensen
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