If you are using Windows, you are probably familiar with task scheduler to schedule certain tasks automatically. With Linux, tasks can be done on scheduled dates with cron.

cron is the service that works like task scheduler in Windows and can be used if you want to automate repetitive tasks like generating reports everyday or virus scanning. cron is handled by the cron daemon or crond, which should be running if you want your scheduled tasks to run.
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How to delete long list of files in Linux?

Let’s say you have a long list of files that you want to delete and simply running rm -fv * just won’t work and Linux will let you know by giving you this error:

Argument list too long.

When you get this error, it means that the number of files is too many for the kernel to process.

There is a simple workaround for this.
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