Here is an example.. find . -type f |xargs ls
I came in late and this might not be a solution to your exact problem but it might at least help get you on the right path. On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 08:29:27AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Claudio, > > No, that's not a bug. It's just a (system-dependent) limit shared by all > POSIX-compliant systems. The actual limit happens to be on the low side > under Cygwin. > > Familiarize yourself with the "xargs" command. It's there just to handle > these cases. > > Also, in many cases the programs themselves process directories and don't > need to have each file within the directory passed to them as an argument. > Ls certainly does this (hence your "ls *" example has an equivalent without > limits: plain old "ls") and the grep family has a -R (recursive) option > that's related. > > The reason you don't see the problem from a DOS command prompt is that > argument handling (in particular, wild-card processing) is different when > Cygwin programs are invoked from a DOS CMD.exe or Command.exe shell and > that difference effectively side-steps the limit you experience when > running under a Cygwin shell (BASH, zsh, tcsh, ash, etc.). > > Good luck. > > Randall Schulz > Mountain View, CA USA > > > At 01:59 2002-11-14, Claudio Tamietto wrote: > >I have installed cigwin on my W2K PC and all is very well functioning . > >However if i try some commands like ls * or grep -i -l some_text * from a > >directory whit a lot of files (7-8 thousand) i obtain this error > > > >bash: /usr/bin/ls: Invalid argument > > > >Is it a bug ? > > > >If i try the same commands from a dos shell the error is not reported and > >all is functioning . > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
