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When I execute this
/bin/echo /TEST/bin/*
I still get .... Killed.
if I exit tcsh and back at the $ prompt in K shell I type:
/bin/echo /TEST/bin/* | wc
these are the counts I get :
1 786 22273
Maybe this is it, ~22K is this too big for tcsh command line?

Can you also advice of a way to only return and process files in a particular directory i.e. /TEST/bin, with a command in this format?
find /TEST/bin -name "*" -type f| xargs grep -l "search string"
I am trying to use find to avoid the Arg list too long which would get generated by ls
I tried putting -prune in the command with no success, the complexity might resides in the fact that I want to execute the find command without regard of where I am (my pwd value) at the time of execution.
Let me know if you have suggestions.

Thanks.

Since the shell is your problem, switch to a better shell linke bash or ksh. Mark my words, if you stay with tcsh/csh you will be fighting problem after problem. Maybe:
ls /TEST/bin | xargs grep -l "test"
or
find /TEST/bin ! -name bin -type d -prune -o -type f -print | xargs grep -l "test"
will work with your shell. It's hard to tell you what commands to use when your shell is known to be broken.

Sounds like xargs is your ticket. But if you're stubborn, try this:

Split up the parameter space into n different invocations. For instance:

Code:

/bin/echo /TEST/bin/[A-Ma-m]*
/bin/echo /TEST/bin/[N-Zn-z]*
/bin/echo /TEST/bin/[^A-Za-z]*