[TriLUG] argument list too long

[Mike Norwood]

Also, how come just "ls" in that directory works, but "ls *" gets this 
error message?

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Mike Norwood wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a directory on a Redhat 7.2 machine that has over 11000 files in 
> it.  If I try to ls, cp, mv or rm this I get a message "Argument list too 
> long".  I can do what I need to do with the files in other ways, but I am 
> just curious is there a way to get past this.  I did some google searches,
> but can't find anything that clearly says what causes this limit and if
> there is a way to expand it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mike Norwood
> 
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