Arg list too long error
Most of the time listing on large directory or removing big chunk of files using rm command we face this error
arg list too long error </p>
arg list too long error </p>
Actually this error indicates that we have crossed the maximum length of arguments for a process.
The maximum length of arguments for a new process in Linux is defined by variable called ARG_MAX to check the value
type the command at the command prompt </p>juned:/> getconf ARG_MAX
131072</div> </blockquote>Refer : http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/argmax/ for more details</div>