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Fast way to delete files in linux (快速删除大量文件的方式)

发布时间: 2014-03-17 07:07:00

refer to: http://www.slashroot.in/which-is-the-fastest-method-to-delete-files-in-linux

result: (conclusion: using find is the safe way, perl is the fastest, rsync is not a bad choice )

COMMAND	TIME TAKEN
RM Command	Is not capable of deleting large number of files
Find Command with -exec	14 Minutes for half a million files
Find Command with -delete	5 Minutes for half a million files
Perl	1 Minute for half a million files
RSYNC with -delete	2 Minute 56 seconds for half a million files

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