Getting "argument list too long" error

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Trying to get a string from a location which has lots of file. Getting error as argument list too long, have tired xargs but there's no support for these advanced keywords

grep 'hello' /file/collection/*/logs/*.log > ~/hello

Related: [Does "argument list too long" apply to shell builtins?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47443380/does-argument-list-too-long-restriction-apply-to-shell-builtins) — codeforester, Nov 23 '17 at 00:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '17 at 06:59

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Try this

$ find /file/collection/*/logs/ -name "*.log" -type f -maxdepth 1 | xargs grep hello

answered Oct 11 '17 at 06:59

Siju V

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Siju, "xargs" doesn't seems to be working on this environment – Nullpointerection Oct 11 '17 at 07:10
@PiyushWakhale see https://stackoverflow.com/a/18647755/4082052 – Sundeep Oct 11 '17 at 10:20
i removed -maxdepth flag and it worked, thanx :) – Nullpointerection Oct 11 '17 at 11:44

Getting "argument list too long" error

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