On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:39:30PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on > 11/06/2002 at 06:07 AM, > Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] > > > ls *.tar | xargs -n 1 tar xvf > > Whats wrong with: > > for i in *.tar ; do tar xvf $i ; done
It only works in [ba]sh, whereas Michael's example also works in [t]csh... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
