Playlist Too Large - Out Of Memory

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i think i get why piping the 'list' was as large 

This documentation from mpc commands

Code:

listall [<file>] - Lists <file> from playlist. If no <file> is specified, lists all songs.

is misleading as I appear to have wrongly assumed "lists all songs" lists everything in the playlist.

using this command, I can see that is wrong as this command lists just the tracks in the last 3 folders I played from after a reboot

Code:

mpc playlist -f "[[%artist% - ]%title%]"

Code:

Grateful Dead | 1971-02-18 - Bertha
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Truckin'
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - China Cat Sunflower>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - I Know You Rider
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - It Hurts Me Too
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Cumberland Blues
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Casey Jones
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Sugar Magnolia
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Hard to Handle
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Turn on Your Lovelight>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Not Fade Away>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Lovelight reprise>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Drums>
Grateful Dead | 1971-01-24 - Good Lovin'//
Al Di Meola - The Wizard
Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun
Al Di Meola - Sarabande From Violin Sonata In B Minor
Al Di Meola - Love Theme from 'Pictures Of The Sea'
Al Di Meola - Suite - Golden Dawn
Al Di Meola - Short Tales Of The Black Forest
Bill Evans Trio - Israel
Bill Evans Trio - Haunted Heart
Bill Evans Trio - Beautiful Love (Take 2)
Bill Evans Trio - Beautiful Love (Take 1)
Bill Evans Trio - Elsa
Bill Evans Trio - Nardis
Bill Evans Trio - How Deep Is The Ocean?
Bill Evans Trio - I Wish I Knew
Bill Evans Trio - Sweet And Lovely
Bill Evans Trio - The Boy Next Door

and with a word count

Code:

mpc playlist -f "[[%artist% - ]%title%]" | wc

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