Re: zsh tips plea (tip of the day)

[Atom 'Smasher' <atom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2004-07-24 04:00:35 -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:

> > i avoid linux, but sometimes i have to use it... what's the
> > limitation for exec?
>
> There's a limitation on the number of characters or arugments:
>
> ay:~> /bin/echo {1..30000}
> zsh: argument list too long: /bin/echo
> zsh: exit 127   /bin/echo {1..30000}
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i can do that in freeBSD:
	$ ls {1..30000}
	zsh: argument list too long: ls

i thought that's what xargs is for...
	$ echo {1..30000} | xargs ls


        ...atom

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