On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 05:52:15PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > >From: paul beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Bill Moran wrote: > >>d/l the entire php documentation as individual html files. > >>This equates to a LOT of files in a single directory (how can > >>I get a count of this?) > >>Anyway, I'm trying to find the docs on some features that > >>the www.php.net's search isn't really helping on (searching > >>for __FILE__ doesn't search for __FILE__ ... it searches for > >>file, and there's too many results) so I try: > >>grep __FILE__ *.html > >>and I get the error: > >>-bash: /usr/bin/grep: Argument list too long > >>Is this a shortcoming of bash, grep or FreeBSD? I'm assuming > >>it's not grep, as the command: > >>find . -name *.html -print | xargs grep __FILE__ > >>yeilds: > >>-bash: /usr/bin/find: Argument list too long > > > >try grep "__FILE__" *.html. > > Makes no difference, I get the same error. > > >to get a file coun, 'ls | wc' might work. > > That helped! I've got >3000 files in that
You should avoid having so many files in a single directory. It's inefficient and somewhat defeats one of the multiple advantages of a tree structured file system. > directory. > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= > http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
