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A perplexing mystery

A perplexing mystery...

please note that i am not a lacky, and the error below is misleading

recently something i do all the time broke (a script).

now when i run this script i get this error.

/usr/bin/awk: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

note that the (parameter list is NOT too long.) it seems to only get this error when it is executed within the script. if i take this part of the script out and run it on its own it works fine.

furthermore if i (this is the perplexing part)

ssh hostname

and then run the script it works fine!!!! (odd)

if i do (in the terminal that i ssh to that script work worked in)

set > tmp

and then set the tmp ENV vars in the terminal that the script does not work in and try the script, i still get this error.

my qestion, what is the ENV var that controls "parameter list" length? why would the script reset this in one shell and not the other?

Any thoughts?

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ssh-argv0

SSH-ARGV0(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					      SSH-ARGV0(1)

NAME

     ssh-argv0 -- replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling

SYNOPSIS

     hostname | user@hostname [-l login_name] [command]

     hostname | user@hostname [-afgknqstvxACNTX1246] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-e escape_char] [-i identity_file] [-l login_name]
     [-m mac_spec] [-o option] [-p port] [-F configfile] [-L port:host:hostport] [-R port:host:hostport] [-D port] [command]

DESCRIPTION

     ssh-argv0 replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling.	If you link to this script with a hostname then executing the link is
     equivalent to having executed ssh with that hostname as an argument.  All other arguments are passed to ssh and will be processed normally.

OPTIONS

     See ssh(1).

FILES

     See ssh(1).

AUTHORS

     OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.  Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
     Theo de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and created OpenSSH.  Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
     protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.  Jonathan Amery wrote this ssh-argv0 script and the associated documentation.

SEE ALSO

     ssh(1)

Debian Project							 September 7, 2001						    Debian Project