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Note that the character limit still exists on linux at least - and is 127. See stackoverflow.com/a/10813634/6857772

James Sharpe
– James Sharpe

2024-03-15 14:57:57 +00:00
Commented Mar 15, 2024 at 14:57
@JamesSharpe on Linux it was raised to 255 in 2019. See edit.

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2025-10-03 11:07:04 +00:00
Commented Oct 3 at 11:07

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