[bug #51151] [wishlist] xargs -o support for interactive commands

2019-08-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Follow-up Comment #14, bug #51151 (project findutils): Due to the mail about this being closed, I found this item: >> Consider the following command: >> >> echo bar | (echo foo | xargs --interactive grep) >> >> What should grep's stdin be, /dev/tty or the stdout of "echo >> bar"? Is the

[bug #51151] [wishlist] xargs -o support for interactive commands

2017-07-23 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Follow-up Comment #13, bug #51151 (project findutils): James, can *you* remember to type that? I consider myself good in shell (after all, I maintain one), and still it took three times to type that from memory right, and that was *after* reading in the GNU documentation to use this form. Plus t

[bug #51151] [wishlist] xargs -o support for interactive commands

2017-06-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Follow-up Comment #8, bug #51151 (project findutils): Hi Bernhard and Andreas, thanks, but I’d change a few minor things: 1. Do not remove the list of all options at the top, it really helps one to get a quick overview and the specific spelling if one only vaguely remembers the correct option bu

[bug #51151] [wishlist] xargs -o support for interactive commands

2017-06-03 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #51151 (project findutils): All these workarounds may be nice, but… $ git grep -l -z foo | xargs -o0 jupp … is much easier to type *and* does not require using GNU bash as interactive shell, *and* does already work on the BSDs. That’s not to say the other options shoul