From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14318 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2004 08:35:31 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 24 Jul 2004 08:35:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 82343 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2004 08:35:25 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 24 Jul 2004 08:35:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 3764 invoked by alias); 24 Jul 2004 08:34:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7755 Received: (qmail 3754 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2004 08:34:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 24 Jul 2004 08:34:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 80809 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2004 08:32:43 -0000 Received: from rso.suspicious.org (HELO research.suspicious.org) (69.55.224.62) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 24 Jul 2004 08:32:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 7920 invoked by uid 1002); 24 Jul 2004 08:32:38 -0000 X-POM: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (42% of Full) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 04:32:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Atom 'Smasher' To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: zsh tips plea (tip of the day) In-Reply-To: <20040724081048.GU7828@ay.vinc17.org> Message-ID: <20040724042714.H326@willy_wonka> References: <4100F8E4.2090501@our-own.net> <593082B4-DCFB-11D8-8D29-000502631FBD@louisville.edu> <20040724072247.GS7828@ay.vinc17.org> <20040724035803.X326@willy_wonka> <20040724081048.GU7828@ay.vinc17.org> X-OpenPGP-KeyID: 0xB88D52E4D9F57808 (4096-RSA) X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 X-OpenPGP-URL: http://smasher.suspicious.org/pgp.txt MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2004-07-24 04:00:35 -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote: >> i avoid linux, but sometimes i have to use it... what's the >> limitation for exec? > > There's a limitation on the number of characters or arugments: > > ay:~> /bin/echo {1..30000} > zsh: argument list too long: /bin/echo > zsh: exit 127 /bin/echo {1..30000} ===================== i can do that in freeBSD: $ ls {1..30000} zsh: argument list too long: ls i thought that's what xargs is for... $ echo {1..30000} | xargs ls ...atom _________________________________________ PGP key - http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 21st, l933 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.3.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: What is this gibberish? Comment: http://atom.smasher.org/links/#digital_signatures iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJBAh6iAAoJEAx/d+cTpVci+voIAI1CM5mIgcnGBR8dGxKXJaoH WjidTbB7CbPvbtLDL/ZofLNMewsHuQlT+MnltGPMZ1N4/n8/Tflwgk6b5iKW9b4J p8B1cFjLN8lzdQer9JfpY9Kb2oJGhQpw4jNAMrWaI4wOn/ku3dbBV3QWqQA7KAAf iB81VkOHI0W1ttRWp1OWJOMmNEq36Ihur0hbdex6ytXgPKStI/ivnJ+Yhol7lsCU Ud/9d3mJGXSuDgBEI2aOrhOZ+5LpssMzuRqolnAfYtycOkE1KvlIR9mRy7iD/3Pn HzBrgnfb0/n3CQhuExsu4emTgvzFoK9Xg4zmCKoaaW+Y2jb19Oj6vRn4gsaQAa4= =FArC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----