On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:38:43PM -0800, plug bert wrote: > Can anyone reccommend a replacement for grep? i found > out that even the latest version(2.5.1) has a problem > with directories with several hundreds of files; i.e. > i get an "argument list too long" error
The workaround there is, instead of: grep PATTERN `ls` do: ls | xargs grep PATTERN which will split the file list into multiple lists and run grep for each. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
