Failed to read scan data : Argument list too long [closed]

Question

I am using Ubuntu 16.0.4 version and when i run following command

/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan

I see below error always

root@automation01:~# /sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Failed to read scan data : Argument list too long

iwconfig output looks like below

iwconfig output

Answer 1

Same here, check if using iw insead works. For me, iw is returning the scan data fine but iwlist is not.

iw wlan0 scan

I'm getting it only in some physical locations (at school which has some weird setups).