How to work around shell limitation of 'Argument list too long'?

Question

How can I work around the bash shell limitation of 'Argument list too long' when using filename wildcards that match a ton of files in /tmp/?

[my-centos4 tmp] rm -rf /tmp/myLocalFiles*
bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

Answer 1

This is a little simpler than jáquer suggested:

find /tmp -name "myLocalFiles*" -delete

Answer 2

For those who can't use -delete to find command, this also works:

find /tmp -name "myLocalFiles*" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

Answer 3

find /tmp -name "myLocalFiles*" -exec rm -rf {} +