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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4354- February 11, 2025
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Unix Tip #4354- February 11, 2025
DEALING WITH TOO MANY FILES
In case there are too many files in a
particular directory and you try doing
$ grep "ABC" *
And it fails saying
ksh: /usr/bin/find: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
what would you do?
Well you can do the following:
$ls |xargs grep "ABC"
This tip generously supported by: puneeta@delhi.tcs.co.in
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