find . -name *.log : xargs rm
\nwas the way I was going to go, but then it said
\n-bash: \/usr\/bin\/find: Argument list too long
\nrm: too few arguments<\/p>\n
I also tried
\nmv *.log \/dev\/null
\nwhich generated a similar error.<\/p>\n
Silly me, I thought it was rm that was complaining when it was in fact bash!!
\nObviously the string that bash generates by expanding wildcard ‘*.log’ is too long for it to pass to any command.
\nJust like Juri said it is a shell limitation.I have looked, but havent seen any options or shell variables that would let me up this limit.<\/p>\n
So I escaped the wildcard and let ‘find’ handle it by
\nfind . -name ‘*.log’ : xargs rm
\nwhich did it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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