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| http://stackoverflow.com/q/11289551/462015 | |
| # Delete hundred of thousands of files: | |
| $ rm -f /home/apps/ishows/images/ | |
| /bin/rm: cannot execute [Argument list too long] | |
| $ find /home/apps/ishows/images/ -type f | xargs /bin/rm | |
| # Delete files that was last accessed n*24 hours ago, e.g. +5 days | |
| $ find /home/apps/ishows/images/ -type f -atime +5 | xargs /bin/rm |
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