[wellylug] ls capacity

[Donald Gordon]

>
>> What is the maximum amount of files you can list in a directory ? like
>> : ls *.jpg
>
> If you are having trouble seeing all the files listed, it is probably
> because of limitations in the shell history.  In this case it would be
> better to pipe te outout of the ls command into a file by doing;
>  'ls *.jpg > jpg.list"
>
> and then read your file with your favourit tect file viewer.
> 'less jpg.list'.

'ls *.jpg | less' works, too, and doesn't need temporary files :-)

[side-note: temporary files are the mechanism command.com uses to
implement piping under DOS]

don




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