Argument list too long (when trying to delete files in Linux)

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Argument list too long (when trying to delete files in Linux)

You may have used something like this to delete all files in "myfolder":
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rm -rf /home/path/public_html/myfolder/*
This will work for deletion of multiple files without throwing an error:
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find /home/path/public_html/myfolder -type f -delete


 

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