Tip #251 Argument list too long
ls | xargs rm
Sometime there are so many files in a directory than the rm command doesn't work
[root@server logs]# rm * bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
On this case the best option is to use ls in conjuntion with xargs
[root@server logs]# ls | xargs rm
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