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Date:	Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:26:58 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: xargs still nok?
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On Sep  8 10:26, zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> GNU xargs version 4.2.25
> 
> or more likely am I misusing xargs?
> 
> $ ls *.cfm */*.cfm */*/*.cfm */*/*/*.cfm | xargs grep -i host
> bash: /usr/bin/ls: Argument list too long
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Nothing to do with xargs.  Use find instead of ls/w wildcards.

Corinna

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