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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting mv : Argument list too long Post 302806415 by alister on Monday 13th of May 2013 04:38:59 AM
Old 05-13-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
But the error message looks like there is a bug either in xargs or in mv. Or you have a filename with a * character.
I don't think there is any error message. The first post states that find-xargs is used to avoid it and that the problem is preventing a descent into subdirectories.

I think this is a case of a poorly titled thread.

Regards,
Alister

---------- Post updated at 04:22 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:11 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
But with find | xargs it's not the shell.
Either xargs does not know the system limit or mv has a smaller limit than the system.
Neither makes sense since the OP's xargs -i passes only one argument per mv.

Ignore the thread title and re-read the first post. I think you've been mislead.

Regards,
Alister

---------- Post updated at 04:38 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:22 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
BTW {} should be quoted "{}". This will handle most special characters alright.
Those quotes will not make any difference at all.

xargs will never see them, since the shell will consume them.

To the shell, they are pointless because {} is nothing special (not even to shells which perform brace expansion, which only do so when there's an unquoted comma within the braces).

Regards,
Alister
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