Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:20:46 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: no xargs -i flag Message-ID: <20020924232046.GD28112@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020924184251.J64949-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020924184251.J64949-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On 2002-09-24 18:48, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> wrote: > 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. So, what would you do when a thousand files are piped to xargs? :) Write 'yes' a thousand times? Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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