Re: remove argument limits to ls

2003-07-07 Thread Paul Jarc 
Dan Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 aren't argument limits old fashioned?

 P Every kernel (note, that's kernel, not ls) has them.

 hmmm, maybe error messages could steer the blame better,

The error message is also not ls's doing; it's the shell's.


paul


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Re: remove argument limits to ls

2003-07-05 Thread Dan Jacobson 
 aren't argument limits old fashioned?

P Every kernel (note, that's kernel, not ls) has them.

hmmm, maybe error messages could steer the blame better, as all some
of us recall is some commands had old fashioned argument limits.


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remove argument limits to ls

2003-07-04 Thread Dan Jacobson 
ls -t has a limit on how many arguments one can give it.
xargs cannot help as sorting requires all args considered together.
yes, find -printf|sort|cut solutions are possible, but aren't argument
limits old fashioned?


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