[Ilugc] grep error

[Muthukumar]

>
> grep <pattern> *
>
> It throws the following error:
> ksh: /usr/bin/grep: arg list too long
>
> can any one tell me what is the reason ? and how to solve this issue ?


> NOTE: The directory contains some 15000 file
This is the problem. grep is having ability to do pattern search for few number of files.

Try as,

find <dir> -type f | xargs grep <pattern>

HTH.

Thanks,
-Muthukumar.