Re: typo in error message 'can not fit single argument ...'

2011-04-03 Thread James Youngman
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Andreas Bernauer wrote: > Hi, > > $ echo foo | xargs -s1 echo > xargs: can not fit single argument within argument list size limit > > I'd say, the error message should read: > xargs: cannot fit single argument within argument list size limit > > Note 'can not' -->

Re: typo in error message 'can not fit single argument ...'

2011-01-06 Thread ed
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 05:27:40PM +0100, Andreas Bernauer wrote: > Hi, > > $ echo foo | xargs -s1 echo > xargs: can not fit single argument within argument list size limit > > I'd say, the error message should read: > xargs: cannot fit single argument within argument list size limit > > Note 'c

typo in error message 'can not fit single argument ...'

2011-01-05 Thread Andreas Bernauer
Hi, $ echo foo | xargs -s1 echo xargs: can not fit single argument within argument list size limit I'd say, the error message should read: xargs: cannot fit single argument within argument list size limit Note 'can not' --> 'cannot'. Attached a patch against the findutils 4.4.2 tarball. Sorry,