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Bash bin rm Argument list too long!

Its quite possible that you face issues and getting the following error message while removing the files in bulk using the “rm” command:

Error :
====
root@server [/tmp]# rm -rf *
-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
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Then you can use the following “find | rm” command combination as given below in order get done this task :

find . -name ‘<pattern>’ | xargs rm

<patern> = Any matching file pattern that you want remove/delete.

Thats it.

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To uninstall ClamAV, use following steps, /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/sbin/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/lib/libclam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/share/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/include/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/freshclam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/etc/clamav* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/sbin/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/lib/libclam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/share/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/include/clam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/freshclam* /bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/etc/clamav*

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