Arbitrary limits are generally bad. Yes, using a very long command line
is usually a bad idea, but there are cases for which it is the only
reasonable way to do something. Categorically blocking them is not a
good idea either.
> xargs is there for purpose...
Well, yes; using xargs is a good idea, not the least because it enables
some parallelism that wouldn't otherwise be there.
-hpa
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