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| author | Eric Andersen | 2000-09-22 20:22:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Andersen | 2000-09-22 20:22:28 +0000 |
| commit | 5b17693f0a07d0fa8af08e3c0d6b43c7b826a13d (patch) | |
| tree | ba51e2cba249df7bf64b5826ebbbe654a4d24250 /docs | |
| parent | ebc0dd7a8a553ee1a3b4293975b02aa1578cac07 (diff) | |
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Use minix xargs instead, and update docs accordingly
-Erik
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2 files changed, 61 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod index e12c824..5caf1de 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.pod +++ b/docs/busybox.pod @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, more, mount, mt, mv, nc, nslookup, ping, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir, rmmod, sed, setkeycodes, sh, sleep, sort, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, test, touch, tr, true, tty, umount, uname, uniq, unix2dos, -unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, yes, -zcat, [ +unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, xargs, +yes, zcat, [ ------------------------------- @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Example: =item ls -Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFR>] [filenames...] +Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFLR>] [filenames...] Options: @@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ Options: -C list entries by columns -F append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries -R list subdirectories recursively + -L list entries pointed to by symbolic links ------------------------------- @@ -2080,6 +2081,25 @@ Example: ------------------------------- +=item xargs + +Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...] + +Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input. + +Options: + + -t Print the command just before it is run + -l LEN Use LEN as maximum line length (default 490, max 1023) + -e ENDING Append ENDING to the command before executing it. + +Example: + + $ ls | xargs gzip + $ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm + +------------------------------- + =item yes Usage: yes [OPTION]... [STRING]... @@ -2182,4 +2202,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> =cut -# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.70 2000/09/21 02:06:35 andersen Exp $ +# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.71 2000/09/22 20:22:27 andersen Exp $ diff --git a/docs/busybox.sgml b/docs/busybox.sgml index e8a91fa..e213ca1 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.sgml +++ b/docs/busybox.sgml @@ -1922,6 +1922,7 @@ -A Do not list implied . and .. -C List entries by columns -F Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries + -L list entries pointed to by symbolic links -R List subdirectories recursively </screen> </para> @@ -3659,6 +3660,42 @@ </para> </sect1> + <sect1 id="xargs"> + <title>xargs</title> + + <para> + Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...] + </para> + + <para> + Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input. + </para> + + <para> + Options: + </para> + + <para> + <screen> + -t Print the command just before it is run + -l LEN Use LEN as maximum line length (default 490, max 1023) + -e ENDING Append ENDING to the command before executing it. + </screen> + </para> + + + <para> + Example: + </para> + + <para> + <screen> + $ ls | xargs gzip + $ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm + </screen> + </para> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="yes"> <title>yes</title> |