Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:47:20 -0500 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Bill Moran <bill_moran2@hotmail.com> Cc: shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Argument list too long: limitation in grep? bash? FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20021225214719.GA7002@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <F31py6Dfqq5k6J4CDvn000151c5@hotmail.com> References: <F31py6Dfqq5k6J4CDvn000151c5@hotmail.com>
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in message <F31py6Dfqq5k6J4CDvn000151c5@hotmail.com>, wrote Bill Moran thusly... > > >From: Shantanu Mahajan <shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org> > the wildcard, thus the limit doesn't affect the command. > > >or maybe you can use "locate" > > Hadn't thought to try that, although I don't know how it would > work. RTFM? locate(1)? given a path name, it lists the file matching that pattern. man page state that it takes a "pattern". in practice i find its capabilities are rather restricted; using e?grep is much better... locate foo | grep 'foo$' - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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