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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
i am getting below message while using grep command
"The parameter list is too long"
grep -i 919716499889 *
ksh: /usr/bin/grep: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
please let me know what changes i can do in this command (5 Replies)
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2. AIX
Hi we are using AIX 5.3 64bit
I have near about 79000 log file having naming convention like "IFTMBCSun Aug 14 07:45:00 PAKST 2011".
This naming convention was created by a script error, now we need to rename these log file by removing extar spaces and (:) colon for that we wrote below script
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3. AIX
Hi,
I am getting the below error message When i am trying to delete the files from the directory.Could you please guide me?
rm *.aud
ksh: /usr/bin/rm: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
and
find /oracle/admin/testP/adump/*.aud -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I ran this script in AIX 5L environment and getting an error
usr/bin/ls: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long
Our administrator had increased the maxium allowable size of the ARG/ENV list but it still doesn't work.
I have tested the command in red below in the unix prompt and it works just... (13 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello All,
We have a batch job that clean old records. This run a script to back up file then delete. Unfortunately, this job been failing lately. This is the error we received.
"/usr/bin/compress: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long."
I am not sure if the job failed since its... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm trying to list specific files and redirecting to a file
ls aqp* > temp.lst
but getting "/usr/bin/ls: 0403-027 the parameter list is too long." error. I just have 236 files in the directory.
I tried "ls | grep 'aqp*' > temp.lst" too, but nothing was redirected.
+ grep aqp*
+... (4 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi
when i ran the following command
rm *_F
i got this error
0403-027 The parameter list is too long.
It shd remove 5000(around) files
pls help me on this.
why its throwing this error
how to rectify this error (5 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is one of shell things I guess. I have a directory in a production server that contains about 20,000 files. It gets cleaned up every week and is kept in check that it does not get out of hand.
Here is my problem.
When I perform a ls -ltr, I get the listing. However should I parameterize... (4 Replies)
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9. HP-UX
Hi
When i say ls * (HP-UX 11.11)in a particular directory it says
sh: /usr/bin/ls: The parameter list is too long.
Can somebody help me how to resolve this problem. (2 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to do a find file command on a directory and delete files older then 30 days and I am getting an error saying that the parameter list that I am passing to the rm command is to long. Here is my command:
find ~mydir/* -type f -mtime +$30 | xargs -i -exec rm -rf {} \;
ksh:... (3 Replies)
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Grep 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.