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Old 03-17-2008
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Is there a limit to the no. of arguments to a shell script ?
What is the maximum no. of arguments that could be passed to a shell script ? Is there any restriction ?

I've a requirement where I need to pass a list of names to a unix script and I guess the number of such names is not a fixed one. It can run into hundreds.
Is this feasible ?