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Re: [PLUG] Date a Debian package was installed
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On Feb 19, 2008 7:17 PM, David A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org> wrote:
> 3. GNU ls supports a maximum of 23,587 arguments[1]. I've never
> seen a Debian style system with more than about 2,500
> packages installed, but recent versions of Debian and
> Ubuntu include more than 24,000 packages, and it's possible
> (but unlikely) one system could have more than 23,587 dpkg
> .list files.
>
> [1] harda@callisto:~$ ls {1..23587} 2>&1 | head -n3
> ls: 1: No such file or directory
> ls: 2: No such file or directory
> ls: 3: No such file or directory
>
> harda@callisto:~$ ls {1..23588}
> bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long
Too many arguments!?! So what!! Isn't that what xargs is for :-)
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