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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Argument list too long Post 302924858 by Scrutinizer on Wednesday 12th of November 2014 04:53:14 PM
Old 11-12-2014
@DGPickett:
With -exec cmd ... {} + it cuts the argument into chunks that are lower than the limit. But that is not usable here since the + -sign must appear at the end, right after the curly braces..

With -exec cmd ... \; the curly braces can be put anywhere, but the arguments are passed to the command one at a time, which can be slow..


--
@MadeinGermany: thanks for the GNU mv -t option with which the + can be used after all (but GNU mv needs to be present)..
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-12-2014 at 05:58 PM..
 

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ecppl(1)							Tntnet users guide							  ecppl(1)

NAME

       ecppl - language-extractor for ecpp

SYNOPSIS

       ecppl [-I dir] [-ln] [-o output-filename] ecpp-filename

DESCRIPTION

       Ecppl  is  the  language-extractor  for ecpp.  Ecpp - the template-language used with tntnet - supports internationalized applications.	In
       ecpp-templates a tag <i18n> changes the meaning of curly braces.  A phrase, which is enclosed in curly braces, can be translated.  At  run-
       time the phrase is looked up in a language-library.  This mode can be quit with the tag </i18n>.  Phrases must not have newlines or tabs.

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OPTIONS

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       -l     Extract language-phrases (the default)

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AUTHOR

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SEE ALSO

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