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Re: [SLE] grep - argument list too long
- From: Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:15:01 -0500
- Message-id: <200603022015.01901.suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 02 March 2006 20:03, Peter Sutter wrote:
> I am trying to use grep/egrep to find a file in the /tmp directory.
> All I get back is
>
> ~# grep -R "a1aaaa" /tmp/*
> -bash: /usr/bin/grep: Argument list too long
Googled "grep argument list too long", opened the third hit and followed the
first link:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Argument-list-too-long
regards,
Carl
> I am trying to use grep/egrep to find a file in the /tmp directory.
> All I get back is
>
> ~# grep -R "a1aaaa" /tmp/*
> -bash: /usr/bin/grep: Argument list too long
Googled "grep argument list too long", opened the third hit and followed the
first link:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Argument-list-too-long
regards,
Carl
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