Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:48:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: no xargs -i flag Message-ID: <20020924184251.J64949-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining promptings. If the command passed to xargs *includes* something like "mv -i" will xargs run interactively? Sort of unrelated, but what if you wanted to pass something like `grep -i something each_xarged_file | mail -s output $USER` as opposed to just `grep -i something each_xarged_file`? That is, how do you let xargs know where to put the filename, if not at the end of the command line? It isn't clear from the manpage or examples I've browsed. Thanks. -- 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
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