Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:49:26 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: argument list too long Message-ID: <20080227124822.C2519@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080227111551.GA2403@kobe.laptop> References: <20080227100132.G1831@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47C52A64.5000701@locolomo.org> <20080227111551.GA2403@kobe.laptop>
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> one can easily write:
>
> find . -name '*.ogg' | \
> while read file ; do \
> blah "${file}"
> done
>
> xargs(1) is another popular tool for processing large argument lists:
>
> find -name '*.ogg' | xargs blah
unless program "blah" starts slowly, and it's better to give it 2000
params at once.
but i've asked to be sure what is actual limit, and used xargs -n 2000 to
do the rest.
thank you
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