Argument list too long

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11289551/argument-list-too-long-error-for-rm-cp-mv-commands

find 
find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.pdf' -delete

• ls -ld $(find ./) | sort -rnk5 | more

Alternatives

find . -exec ls | sort -rnk7 | more

Related terms

• for
• execve and ARG_MAX constant
• No space left on device
• argv

See also

• Linux commands, -h, -r
• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly, $1, $@