1N/A/*********************************************************************** 1N/A* This software is part of the ast package * 1N/A* Copyright (c) 1989-2011 AT&T Intellectual Property * 1N/A* and is licensed under the * 1N/A* Common Public License, Version 1.0 * 1N/A* by AT&T Intellectual Property * 1N/A* A copy of the License is available at * 1N/A* (with md5 checksum 059e8cd6165cb4c31e351f2b69388fd9) * 1N/A* Information and Software Systems Research * 1N/A* Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com> * 1N/A***********************************************************************/ 1N/A * xargs -- construct arg list and exec -- use tw instead 1N/A"[-?\n@(#)$Id: xargs (AT&T Research) 2005-03-07 $\n]" 1N/A"[+NAME?xargs - construct arg list and execute command]" 1N/A"[+DESCRIPTION?\bxargs\b constructs a command line consisting of the" 1N/A" \acommand\a and \aargument\a operands specified followed by as" 1N/A" many arguments read in sequence from standard input as will fit" 1N/A" in length and number constraints specified by the options and the" 1N/A" local system. \axargs\a executes the constructed command and waits" 1N/A" for its completion. This sequence is repeated until an end-of-file" 1N/A" condition is detected on standard input or an invocation of a" 1N/A" constructed command line returns an exit status of 255. If" 1N/A" \acommand\a is omitted then the equivalent of \b/bin/echo\b is used.]" 1N/A"[+?Arguments in the standard input must be separated by unquoted blank" 1N/A" characters, or unescaped blank characters or newline characters." 1N/A" A string of zero or more non-double-quote and non-newline characters" 1N/A" can be quoted by enclosing them in double-quotes. A string of zero or" 1N/A" more non-apostrophe and non-newline characters can be quoted by" 1N/A" enclosing them in apostrophes. Any unquoted character can be escaped" 1N/A" by preceding it with a backslash. The utility will be executed one" 1N/A" or more times until the end-of-file is reached. The results are" 1N/A" unspecified if \acommand\a attempts to read from its standard input.]" 1N/A"[e:eof?Set the end of file string. The first input line matching this string" 1N/A" terminates the input list. There is no eof string if \astring\a is" 1N/A" omitted. The default eof string is \b_\b if neither \b--eof\b nor" 1N/A" \b-E\b are specified. For backwards compatibility \astring\a" 1N/A" must immediately follow the \b-e\b option flag; \b-E\b follows" 1N/A" standard option syntax.]:?[string]" 1N/A"[i:insert|replace?Replace occurences of \astring\a in the command" 1N/A" arguments with names read from the standard input. Implies" 1N/A" \b--exit\b and \b--lines=1\b. For backwards compatibility \astring\a" 1N/A" must immediately follow the \b-i\b option flag; \b-I\b follows" 1N/A" standard option syntax.]:?[string:={}]" 1N/A"[l:lines|max-lines?Use at most \alines\a lines from the standard input." 1N/A" Lines with trailing blanks logically continue onto the" 1N/A" next line. For backwards compatibility \alines\a" 1N/A" must immediately follow the \b-l\b option flag; \b-L\b follows" 1N/A" standard option syntax.]#?[lines:=1]" 1N/A"[n:args|max-args?Use at most \aargs\a arguments per command line." 1N/A" Fewer than \aargs\a will be used if \b--size\b is exceeded.]#[args]" 1N/A"[p:interactive|prompt?Prompt to determine if each command should execute." 1N/A" A \by\b or \bY\b recsponse executes, otherwise the command is skipped." 1N/A" Implies \b--verbose\b.]" 1N/A"[N|0:null?The file name list is NUL terminated; there is no other special" 1N/A" treatment of the list.]" 1N/A"[s:size|max-chars?Use at most \achars\a characters per command. The default" 1N/A" is as large as possible.]#[chars]" 1N/A"[t:trace|verbose?Print the command line on the standard error" 1N/A" before executing it.]" 1N/A"[x:exit?Exit if \b--size\b is exceeded.]" 1N/A"[X:exact?If \b--args=\b\aargs\a was specified then terminate before the last" 1N/A" command if it would run with less than \aargs\a arguments.]" 1N/A"[z:nonempty|no-run-if-empty?If no file names are found then do not execute" 1N/A" the command. By default the command is executed at least once.]" 1N/A"[E?Equivalent to \b--eof=string\b.]:[string]" 1N/A"[I?Equivalent to \b--insert=string\b.]:[string]" 1N/A"[L?Equivalent to \b--lines=number\b.]#[number]" 1N/A"\n[ command [ argument ... ] ]\n" 1N/A" [+0?All invocations of \acommand\a returned exit status 0.]" 1N/A" [+1-125?A command line meeting the specified requirements could not" 1N/A" be assembled, one or more of the invocations of \acommand\a" 1N/A" returned non-0 exit status, or some other error occurred.]" 1N/A" [+126?\acommand\a was found but could not be executed.]" 1N/A" [+127?\acommand\a was not found.]" 1N/A"[+SEE ALSO?\bfind\b(1), \btw\b(1)]" 1N/A * backwards compatibility requires no space between 1N/A * backwards compatibility requires no space between 1N/A * backwards compatibility requires no space between