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xargs -S limit is far too low #13

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xargs documents that -S (replsize) defaults to 255 bytes. That is a fine figure for 1970, but 255 MiB would be a better default in 2025. This limits the size of an argument that xargs can replace with -I. POSIX doesn't even specify -S, presumably because requiring the user to adjust this is a microoptimization that no longer makes sense.

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