Re: xargs prompts with the same string, but executes differently

2019-07-24 Thread Eric Blake
On 7/24/19 4:20 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > I agree that another new option is way too much. That question to the user > is meant for interactive use only anyway, so what about simply: > > diff --git a/xargs/xargs.c b/xargs/xargs.c > index 913328b8..85084123 100644 > --- a/xargs/xargs.c > +++

Re: xargs prompts with the same string, but executes differently

2019-07-24 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 7/24/19 4:30 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 7/24/19 6:28 AM, James Youngman wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 7:51 PM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >>> >>> OK. >>> But I now "demand" that xargs add a --show-quoting or whatever argument, >> >> Your demand must be presented in the form of a patch. > > Is

Re: xargs prompts with the same string, but executes differently

2019-07-24 Thread Eric Blake
On 7/24/19 6:28 AM, James Youngman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 7:51 PM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >> >> OK. >> But I now "demand" that xargs add a --show-quoting or whatever argument, > > Your demand must be presented in the form of a patch. Is a new option necessary, or can we just use gnulib

Re: xargs prompts with the same string, but executes differently

2019-07-24 Thread James Youngman
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 7:51 PM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > > OK. > But I now "demand" that xargs add a --show-quoting or whatever argument, Your demand must be presented in the form of a patch. > so that --verbose, and -p, will now show > 'xdotool' 'mousemove' '0 0' 'click' '1' 'mousemove' 'rest