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Comments: In reply to William Scott <wgscott@chemistry.ucsc.edu>
        "recursive globbing, filename spaces and xargs" (Jan 17,  7:14am)
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On Jan 17,  7:14am, William Scott wrote:
} 
} ls **/*
} 
} zsh: argument list too long

Depending on your version of zsh, you may find that a function called
"zargs" comes with the distribution.  It's designed precisely for this.
Look in "man zshcontrib" or the function definition file itself for
documentation.