<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>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?" ) ?<br><br>If its matching a large number of files, try piping through xargs:<br><br> ls files2del* | xargs -i rm {} <br><br><br><br>Regards,<br>Scott<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Bob Kline" <bob.kline@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug@grlug.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:34:52 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[GRLUG] globbing<br><br>I've recently encountered an issue<div>with globbing on my web hosting site.</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is that any attempt to </div><div>use wild cards when I try to, for example,</div><div>delete a bunch of files on the hosting site</div>
<div>results in an error saying "out of memory</div><div>while globbing."</div><div><br></div><div>In parenthesis it then suggests "This probably</div><div>means 'Permission denied.' "</div><div>
<br></div><div>Permission to glob? </div><div><br></div><div>I can, for example, delete files one at a time, </div><div>by typing in the entire name - i.e., no wild cards.</div><div><br></div><div>Nor does it appear to have to do with the</div>
<div>number of files - no globbing even with one file.</div><div><br></div><div>Any suggestions here? </div><div><br></div><div>I'll ask the web host provider as well....</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div>
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