code: def split_ls(func):
      
      @wraps(func)
      def wrapper(self, files, silent=True, exclude_deleted=False):
          if not isinstance(files, (tuple, list)):
              files = [files]
  
          counter = 0
          index = 0
          results = []
  
          while files:
              if index >= len(files):
                  results += func(self, files, silent, exclude_deleted)
                  break
  
              length = len(str(files[index]))
              if length + counter > CHAR_LIMIT:
                  # -- at our limit
                  runfiles = files[:index]
                  files = files[index:]
                  counter = 0
                  index = 0
                  results += func(self, runfiles, silent, exclude_deleted)
                  runfiles = None
                  del runfiles
              else:
                  index += 1
                  counter += length
  
          return results
  
      return wrapper
docs: Decorator to split files into manageable chunks as not to exceed the windows cmd limit
  
      :param func: Function to call for each chunk
      :type func: :py:class:Function