From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 16:35:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8403B37B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:35:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310A743E3B for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:35:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD55F28B99; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:35:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:35:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: Edwin Groothuis Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: no xargs -i flag In-Reply-To: <20020925013938.GB522@k7.mavetju> Message-ID: <20020925193356.G17635-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > If you're comparing it with Linux, it's -p or --interactive. -i is > for replacing. > Edwin > Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org > edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php > bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ *DUrrrrrr.......* It is [whispered innocuously] in the xargs manpage! -t Echo the command to be executed to standard error immediately before it is executed. Ok now, everyone write "RTFM" on a small boulder and heave it at me!! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message