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The shell will attempt to expand '*' into arguments before it spawns the 'echo' process. The shell cannot handle long argument lists, so this will fail rather
by joblessjunkie 15y ago
The shell will attempt to expand '*' into arguments before it spawns the 'echo' process.
The shell cannot handle long argument lists, so this will fail rather quickly.
- smackfu 15y agoYep, this is usually the first point of failure for commands acting on somewhat large directories, that drives people to use find and exec.