Linux delete large number files (argument list too large when using rm)

ref.: http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/326/rm-complains-argument-list-too-long/

There is a limitation of rm command, where you can’t delete a large groups of files with *. For examples,

rm -rf something*

If there are large amount of files initiate with something, rm will fails and complains

/bin/rm: Argument list too long.

The solution is to make use of find, xargs and rm.

find . -name 'something*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf  

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