xargs is broke on the latest version of GOW 0.8.0
c:\Temp>xargs --version GNU xargs version 4.2.20 c:\Temp>head policy.out DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_P_Bkup_Bkuplp02_Wkly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Lpftp02v_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Lpftp03v_Dly c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -0 xargs: echo: No such file or directory c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -n0 xargs: value for -n option should be >= 1 Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--arg-file=file] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]] Report bugs to <bug-findutils@gnu.org>. c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs xargs: echo: No such file or directory c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -l xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory I normally expect xargs to behave like this: mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat !$ cat junkfile arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat junkfile | xargs arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat junkfile | xargs -l arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # xargs --version xargs (GNU findutils) 4.4.0 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Eric B. Decker, James Youngman, and Kevin Dalley. Built using GNU gnulib version e5573b1bad88bfabcda181b9e0125fb0c52b7d3b mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # xargs --help Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [--interactive] [--null] [-d|--delimiter=delim] [-E eof-str] [-e[eof-str]] [--eof[=eof-str]] [-L max-lines] [-l[max-lines]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [-I replace-str] [-i[replace-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [-n max-args] [--max-args=max-args] [-s max-chars] [--max-chars=max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--show-limits] [--verbose] [--exit] [--no-run-if-empty] [--arg-file=file] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]]