[Linux-disciples] delete a whole lot of files

[Karl Sokol]

I used recoverjpeg to attempt to find some deleted pictures.  Unfortunately,
it spit 134,000 files into my home directory, making it practically
useless.  Doing a more careful reading of the man pages after the fact
showed that I should have limited the search to a certain size file, so,
want to delete all of the jpegs in my home directory and try again. It would
be even nicer if I could just delete those jpgs under 500kb.

church at ubuntu:~$ rm /home/church/*.jpg /home/church/pics
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

church at ubuntu:~$ rm /home/church/*9.jpg /home/church/pics
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

church at ubuntu:~$ ls -l *.jpg | xargs /bin/rm -f
bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long

church at ubuntu:~$ ls -l *9.jpg | xargs /bin/rm -f
bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long

Any ideas?
-- 
Grace and Peace,

Rev. Karl Sokol
Franklin Grove UMC
211 N. Spring
Franklin Grove, IL 61031

If you have a talent, that's God's gift to you. If you use that talent,
that's your gift to God.

                     --
Red Skelton
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