Argument list too long

1 · Benjamin Cane · July 13, 2011, 3:40 a.m.
If you've been an administrator for long enough eventually you will have run into an issue like so. [bcane@bcane toomany]$ rm * bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long This can be a confusing issue at first if you've never run into it. The work around is pretty easy but first lets examine why you got this error. The reason you see Argument list too long is because when you run your command you are passing it too many arguments....