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Subject: Re: argument list too long
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> one can easily write:
>
> 	find . -name '*.ogg' | \
> 	while read file ; do \
> 		blah "${file}"
> 	done
>
> xargs(1) is another popular tool for processing large argument lists:
>
> 	find -name '*.ogg' | xargs blah

unless program "blah" starts slowly, and it's better to give it 2000 
params at once.

but i've asked to be sure what is actual limit, and used xargs -n 2000 to 
do the rest.

thank you