GNU bug report logs - #43657
rm does not delete files

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "amitrao17 <at> gmail.com" <amitrao17 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Amit Rao <amitrao17 <at> amitrao17.onmicrosoft.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: rm does not delete files
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:00:43 +0000

rm /path/*

does not delete files if there are a lot (say 2000) of them in a single
directory

version is 8.32 on ubuntu 20.04
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 219 days ago.

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