[GRLUG] globbing

[scott.tanner at comcast.net]

I haven't seen that particular error, but it sounds like the "list too long" error I see in CentOS at times. Do you see this error on any wildcard matching, or just when the wildcard matches a large number of files ( ie "rm *" versus "rm exact_filename.tx?" ) ? 

If its matching a large number of files, try piping through xargs: 

ls files2del* | xargs -i rm {} 



Regards, 
Scott 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Kline" <bob.kline at gmail.com> 
To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug at grlug.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:34:52 AM 
Subject: [GRLUG] globbing 

I've recently encountered an issue 
with globbing on my web hosting site. 


The problem is that any attempt to 
use wild cards when I try to, for example, 
delete a bunch of files on the hosting site 
results in an error saying "out of memory 
while globbing." 


In parenthesis it then suggests "This probably 
means 'Permission denied.' " 


Permission to glob? 


I can, for example, delete files one at a time, 
by typing in the entire name - i.e., no wild cards. 


Nor does it appear to have to do with the 
number of files - no globbing even with one file. 


Any suggestions here? 


I'll ask the web host provider as well.... 


-- Bob 




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