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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Message #8 received at 43657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "amitrao17 <at> gmail.com" <amitrao17 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43657: rm does not delete files
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'.
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