Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:27:46 -0500 (EST) | From | "J. S. Connell" <> | Subject | Re: Arg list too long |
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Johnny Teveßen wrote:
> For the first time, I just got this error message: > bash: /usr/local/bin/grep: Arg list too long > (I was searching using ``grep string */*'', now I'll do it > in a different way) > I'm wondering whether this is a bash or Linux process limit. > Is there a limit in Linux for the length of /proc/[0-9]+/cmdline?
As far as I'm aware every UNIX has a limit on the maximum length of the command line. This is why xargs(1) exists.
--Jeff
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