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Subject: Re: [9fans] dumb question
From: Geoff Collyer <geoff@collyer.net>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:59:44 -0700
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Lucio, try this implementation of xargs.  It's what I use when very
long arg lists cause trouble.

#!/bin/rc
# xargs cmd [arg ...] - emulate Unix xargs
rfork ne
ramfs
split -n 500 -f /tmp/x
for (f in /tmp/x*)
	$* `{cat $f}