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Re^5: Myth busted: Shell isn't always faster than Perlby Perl Mouse (Chaplain) |
on Jan 05, 2006 at 17:03 UTC ( [id://521274]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
You're wrong.
xargs is smart enough to deal with that. If the argument list would exceed certain limits (may depend on the system and the build to xargs, for some versions of xargs, limits can be set as parameters), as many copies of the program will be fired up as necessary. Limits exist on the number of arguments, and the total length of the arguments.
Perl --((8:>*
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