Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:14:16 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: mike@NetworX.ie Cc: FreeBSD Support <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Brain-damaged xargs Message-ID: <19971022111416.13807@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <ECS9710212121A@NetworX.ie>; from Michael Ryan on Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 09:13:21PM %2B0000 References: <ECS9710212121A@NetworX.ie>
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On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 09:13:21PM +0000, Michael Ryan wrote:
> For once, I've met a utility in FreeBSD where the SysV
> counterpart is better.
>
> FreeBSD's xargs doesn't support the "{}" placeholder. Nor
> does it have the "-l" flag.
>
> Anybody know if a fully featured xargs is available?
The xargs in GNU findutils appears to have both these features. It's
available from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/findutils-?, and it
compiles out of the box:
tar xvfz findutils-4.1.tar.gz
cd findutils-4.1
./configure
make install
Check the version number before you download.
Greg
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