That would depend upon the OS in question.  Use find or xargs to get 
around those problems.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Jared.Seaton AT mylanlabs DOT com wrote:

> Does anyone know what the magic limit is for the number of files specified
> by a wildcard?
>
> I have been unable to find anything in the documentation that specifies
> the limit.
>
> /oracle/share000/archoverflow/chgmad/*
>
> This directory expands to 827 files....
>
>
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