Bill Campbell wrote:
There are two possible buffer limits one could encounter: tty driver
input line buffer (which is not an issue for bash because readline
avoids it) and kernel exec space for the arguments plus environment
passed to a new process. Only the second one causes the error message
that started this thread, and previous posts have pointed out that
recent Linux kernels have effectively removed that limit (see message
from Jeremy Sanders).
While current Linux kernels may have removed the limit,
It's probably a mistake to say that the limit is removed. I think this
change just moves the limiting factor elsewhere - to the RAM or virtual
memory that happens to be available.
this has
been a common issue on all *nix systems for decades, which is why
xargs was written.
Recognizing that you do not have infinite buffer space available is a
good thing. Keep using xargs.
--
Les Mikesell
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