xargs still nok?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Sep  8 10:26, zzapper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> GNU xargs version 4.2.25
> 
> or more likely am I misusing xargs?
> 
> $ ls *.cfm */*.cfm */*/*.cfm */*/*/*.cfm | xargs grep -i host
> bash: /usr/bin/ls: Argument list too long
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  Nothing to do with xargs.  Use find instead of ls/w wildcards.

Corinna

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