[olug] Unix Tip: TOO MANY FILES AROUND

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TOO MANY FILES AROUND

In case there are too many 
files in a particular 
directory.  When the 
following is executed:

$grep "ABC" *

And it fails saying with

ksh: /usr/bin/find: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

what would you do?

Well you can do the following:

$ls |xargs grep "ABC"

-----
Puneet Agarwal
This tip generously supported by: puneeta at delhi.tcs.co.in



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