Limits of grep?

[Subba Rao <subb3@attglobal.net>]

Hi

I have a directory of 10000+ text files and would like to search for
some strings in these files. When I tried using "grep" command with an
asterisk, I get the error message somthing to the effect,

	"File argument list too long"

What is the file argument limit for grep? I guess you need the grep source
for this. I did not find any information in the man page.

Are there any other recommended tools to search through such large list of
files?

Thank you in advance.

Subba Rao
subb3@attglobal.net
http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/