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Limits of grep?



Hi

I have a directory of 10000+ text files and would like to search for
some strings in these files. When I tried using "grep" command with an
asterisk, I get the error message somthing to the effect,

	"File argument list too long"

What is the file argument limit for grep? I guess you need the grep source
for this. I did not find any information in the man page.

Are there any other recommended tools to search through such large list of
files?

Thank you in advance.

Subba Rao
subb3 at attglobal.net
http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
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