Re: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-07 Thread Reid Madsen
Not so. On Solaris, the xargs implementation limits the command line to 2K. Not very useful IMO. Reid > From: "Howard Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:19:26 -0800 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > char

RE: GNU enhancement -- $(xargs cmd, list)

2000-11-07 Thread Howard Chu
I would omit the XARGS LEN. Presumably the local platform's xargs command is already properly configured for the native system's line length limitations. -- Howard Chu Chief Architect, Symas Corp. Director, Highland Sun http://www.symas.com http://highlandsun.com/hyc >