[PLUG] avoiding "Argument list too long" error.

[Roderick A. Anderson]

Brent Rieck wrote:
> Daniel Hedlund wrote:
> 
>>>   $ zcat * | grep "foo"
>>>   bash: /bin/zcat: Argument list too long
>>
>>
>> In this particular case, have you tried using zgrep?
> 
> 
> Yes, and no it doesn't work, it really appears to be a bash issue:
> 
> bash: /bin/zgrep: Argument list too long
> 
> --Brent

for f in *; do grep "foo" $f; done

But for Inquiring Minds:

	what does "ls -1  | wc -l" give as results.

Rod
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