Subject: bug#43657: rm does not delete files

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:54:19 -0700

On 9/27/20 1:00 PM, Amit Rao wrote:
> rm /path/*
> 
> does not delete files if there are a lot (say 2000) of them in a single
> directory

What does the command do instead?

There is a limit as to how many arguments you can pass to 'rm'. If that's what 
you ran into, it's a problem with your kernel or your shell, not with 'rm'.