Re: [MLUG] xargs: Argument list too long

[Adam Procter <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The maximum length of the argument list can vary (though I'm not sure 
why it would vary from one Cygwin installation to another). Try the -L 
<max-args> option to xargs; this sets a limit on the number of 
arguments, and splits the input list and runs the command on each piece 
(which I gather is okay here) in case the number of inputs exceeds that 
limit.

Adam



Mike Miller wrote:
> I'm using Cygwin on Windows XP and getting this error:
>
> xargs: /path/to/id3.exe: Argument list too long
>
> It's coming from a command that looks like this:
>
> $ find . -name \*.[Mm][Pp]3 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ~/bin/id3.exe 
> -M -12 -c "source: 1"
>
> "find" only comes up with 946 files, which is a relatively small 
> number, so I don't understand the cause of this problem.  I used the 
> same command under Cygwin on an XP x64 machine and it didn't come up 
> with this error even though there were definitely several times as 
> many files identified by "find".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I was able to partition it up and make it work like this:
>
> $ find ./[A-E]* ...
> $ find ./[F-G]* ...
> $ find ./[H-M]* ...
> $ find ./[N-Z]* ...
>
> Seems like it shouldn't be necessary to do that!
>
> Mike
>
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