PLEASE HELP: Find: The Parameter list is too long.

wgre0111 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-25-09, 12:06

find ./* -prune -name "pkg*" -ctime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;

ksh: /usr/bin/find: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

List grew too long and now i need help finding a alternative way to accomplish this task.. It deletes all of the pkg files that are greater then 30 days. PLEASE HELP. Would be nice to just be able to modifiy slightly to accomplish same thing. Or maybe assistance with breaking this down into batches of files at once. Please advise. thanks! dbforums have never let me down before!

n_i · #2 (**permalink**) 08-26-09, 10:37

I think that should be

Code:

find . -prune -name "pkg*" -ctime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;

stolze · #3 (**permalink**) 08-27-09, 09:16

I would also put the {} into double-quotes to prevent problems with spaces in file/path names.

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