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xargs: argument list too long - new problem with v.4.2.25
- From: "fergus" <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:46:05 +0100
- Subject: xargs: argument list too long - new problem with v.4.2.25
- Reply-to: <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
Just updated xargs from v.4.2.11-cvs to v.4.2.25 with installation of latest
findutils and I now find that
cat filelist | xargs md5sum
where filelist is a mere 1723 items long, now fails with
xargs: md5sum: Argument list too long
This did not happen with the previous version of xargs, which allowed a list
equal in length to the entire Cygwin provision (and much more under /home
and /usr/local) as in
find / | xargs md5sum
Anything I can do to recover the earlier generous behaviour? Thanks.
Fergus
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