[wellylug] cat bug ?

andrej at paradise.net.nz andrej at paradise.net.nz
Tue Mar 8 08:19:35 NZDT 2005


Quoting Glen Ogilvie <nelg at linuxsolutions.co.nz>:

> list of files longer than the limit for arguments. You have 2 options to
> 
> get around this. Modify one of the kernel's header files, then recompile
> the 
> kernel, as it's a static value that can be changed in the code, or, use
> the 
> find command, somethine like the following at a guess. (untested).
> 
> rm ../space/c.raw
> find . -name "b00*" -exec cat {} >> ../space/c.raw \;
Third alternative: use xargs




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