I tried the following which didn't work as expected:
% echo a b c | gxargs -n 1 -i echo before {} after
before a b c after
Without -i it uses the arguments by itself, but of course at the end
% echo a b c | gxargs -n 1 echo before {} after
before {} after a
before {} after b
before {} after c
Just -i does what I expect, but I needed them separate:
% echo a b c | gxargs -i echo before {} after
before a b c after
After playing a bit more I find that if the arguments are on lines by
itself it does work:
% /usr/bin/echo 'a\nb\nc' | gxargs -i -n 1 echo before {} after
before a after
before b after
before c after
Which if more complicated you can solve with xargs as well:
akoopal@asostats0-47% echo a b c | gxargs -n 1 | gxargs -n 1 -i echo before
{} after
before a after
before b after
before c after
This seems like a bug to me, can you investigate?
Regards,
André Koopal
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