xargs -0 touch < foo Where foo is a file containing no NUL bytes that is longer than 128Kb. If the file is shorter, I get an error from touch instead, which seems reasonable (file name too long). But why does xargs complain?
In fact, I got the error message slightly wrong, it is: "argument line too long" -- xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
