-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Based on your use of the obsolete list bug-fileutils, I suspect you are due for an upgrade. The latest stable version of coreutils, which replaces fileutils, is 5.94: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-02/msg00078.html
According to Kavil, Rajesh (Cognizant) on 4/20/2006 6:29 AM: > Hello there, > As the screenshot shows the filters ls and grep do > not work if there is a huge list of files to work upon. Do we have any > workaround for this? Thanks for the report. First, a word of advice: sending a screenshot is a waste of bandwidth. It would have been better if you had just copied and pasted the text from your console to your email client. The question you asked is a FAQ - http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Argument-list-too-long In short, you have so many files that your OS cannot fit them all on the command line. Read the FAQ for ideas on alternatives that do not require passing all the arguments on the command line. > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) Another word of advice - legal disclaimers like this are impossible to enforce when you send mail to a publicly-archived list. You are better off opening up a free webmail account if your place of employment insists on appending one of these worthless footers when you send mail to public lists. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFER4jv84KuGfSFAYARAlrEAKDNcPst1TRFjZLL+wRR5szpJhJTvwCgkyKb IM6PI15oPn2ITkM73lvv9eA= =ysGb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
