How to Delete OS Audit Files in Oracle

When manually deleting OS audit files in Oracle, the following error occurs:

$ cd $ORCALE_HOME/rdbms

$ du -sh ./audit
38G     ./audit

$ cd audit
$ rm *.aud
-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

SOLUTION

$ find ./ -name "*.aud" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

OR

$ find ./ -name "*.aud"  -exec rm {} \;
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