"xargs" will avoid that problem: grep -lr "Major Fault: AIS" /some/path | xargs rm -vf | wc On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote: > Christopher DeMarco <demarco at maya.com> wrote: >> >> rm -vf $(grep -lr "Major Fault: AIS" /some/path) | wc -l > > bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long > 0