Re: Using filters

[Eric Blake]

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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.

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