Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Arg list too long | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:31:56 EST | From | Kev <> |
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> Hi! > > 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?
it's a bash limit for sure; I usually use a formula like the following:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep string /dev/null
(-type f limits results to regular files; you may wish to use -print0 and the -0 option to xargs if you have files with spaces in the filenames; the "/dev/null" at the end is to force grep to always output the filename.) -- Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch@mit.edu> ------------------------- -. .---- --.. ..- -..- -------------------------- http://web.mit.edu/klmitch/www/ (PGP keys availiable from here) RSA AE87D37D/1024: DE EA 1E 99 3F 2B F9 23 A0 D8 05 E0 6F BA B9 D2 DSS ED0DB34E/1024: D9BF 0E74 FDCB 43F5 C597 878F 9455 EC24 ED0D B34E DH 2A2C31D4/2048: 1A77 4BA5 9E32 14AE 87DA 9FEC 7106 FC62 2A2C 31D4
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