Execvp : /bin/csh : Argument List Too Long

EchoAngel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, I have this Makefile and this one target has 4 foreach loops. An Example would be.

$foreach( TYPE , $strip($(shell ls *.nt0)), $(perlScript) -argA "A" - 
+ArgB "B" -File "$(TYPE)" )
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Getting argument list too long. My guess is that the coding line within the foreach is reaching a limitation? If so, my idea was to make a perl script to take the files (ls *.nt0) and the $(perlScript) and go through a foreach within this batch perl script.

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Re: Execvp : /bin/csh : Argument List Too Long by hawtin (Prior) on Sep 15, 2004 at 13:36 UTC
Yes, the standard version of `/bin/csh` only allows for 256(ish) characters in each line. One option is to use another shell (for example `tcsh` removes the restriction and, for your purposes is completely compatible)	[reply]
Re^2: Execvp : /bin/csh : Argument List Too Long by EchoAngel (Pilgrim) on Sep 15, 2004 at 14:09 UTC
LIMITATIONS Words can be no longer than 1024 characters. The system limits argument lists to 10240 characters. I found this and when I tried this shell, I still get the same error.	[reply]
Re: Execvp : /bin/csh : Argument List Too Long by castaway (Parson) on Sep 16, 2004 at 09:13 UTC
I'm not sure what your overall goal is, but can you use glob or find instead? Both these would workaround your problem. C.	[reply]