On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:21:39 -0700, "Todd C. Miller" wrote: > When using the -0 flag, a "line" is delimited by a NUL char, not a > newline. This fixes things like: > > $ printf 'hello\00world\00' | xargs -n 1 -0 -I arg printf '>%s<\n' "arg"
Sorry, the actual test command is: $ printf 'hello\00world\00' | xargs -0 -I arg printf '>%s<\n' "arg" The -n1 form will return the correct results regardless of the patch. - todd
