[Help-bash] why bash shows the same error for both too many arguments or an argument that is too long?

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

The following two commands show the same error message. But for the
first command, there is only one argument. Is there error message
incorrect? Also, why bash fails for the first case. Is there any
restriction on the length of a single argument?

~$ "$(type -P echo)" "$(seq 100000)"
-bash: /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/echo: Argument list too long
~$ "$(type -P echo)" $(seq 100000)
-bash: /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/echo: Argument list too long


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Regards,
Peng