[TriLUG] argument list too long

[Mike Norwood]

Okay, that makes sense.

Thanks!


On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Joseph Tate wrote:

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> ls * is expanded by the shell.  Bash generally limits the length of a 
> command to something rediculously long, but with that many files you're 
> going over that limit if you try to use any type of wildcard.  You can 
> ls | xargs -n 1 <WHATEVER> if you need to do stuff on lots of files.
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> Mike Norwood wrote:
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> |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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