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The ARGS_MAX (`getconf ARGS_MAX`) is defined at the OS level (glibc maybe? haven't looked); xargs will also be subject to it's limitation like all other process
by styanax 1y ago
The ARGS_MAX (`getconf ARGS_MAX`) is defined at the OS level (glibc maybe? haven't looked); xargs will also be subject to it's limitation like all other processes. One can use:
xargs --show-limits --no-run-if-empty </dev/null
...to see a nicely formatted output include the -2048 POSIX recommendation on a separate line.