What is the maximum length of an argument in the command line?
It is not the same under DOS and Linux?
merse 0 Junior Poster
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The maximum depends on the version of MS-Windows you are running. The maximum under MS-DOS was (is) 126 characters (maybe less depending on which version). I don't know the maximum for *nix, but its not the same.
On computers running Microsoft Windows XP or later, the maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 8191 characters. On computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, the maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt is 2047 characters.
This limitation applies to the command line, individual environment variables (such as the PATH variable) that are inherited by other processes, and all environment variable expansions. If you use Command Prompt to run batch files, this limitation also applies to batch file processing.
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