bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
Issue
- Using the
rmcommand producesbash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
For example:
rm -rf /var/spool/mqueue/*
-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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