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Old 02-17-2010
Tools Limitation on *.ext
Is there a size limit when passing an argument using wildcards? I.E. when I pass an argument in the form (like) "ftp_auto *.txt" - is there a limitation on the size of UNIX expanding "*.txt" ?
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Old 02-17-2010
Yes. It's specific to your OS and shell but the maximum length of an input line is in the kilobytes range. If you have to ask, you're probably matching enough you might as well do it with xargs: 'find ./ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -iname '*.txt' | xargs ftp_auto', xargs will split it apart into multiple ftp_auto calls.
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