From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: mah@mhorton.net (Mary Ann Horton)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:54:33 -0800
Subject: [TUHS] xargs - where from?
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My recollection (supported by my 1990 book) is that xargs came from PWB 
for use with the Mashey shell, before we had the `command` construct.

On 02/26/2013 04:28 PM, Steve Simon wrote:
> Ok,
>
> another trivia question.
>
> where did xargs come from? I started with Edition 7 (Perkin Elmer
> V7 + bits of BSD 2.1) and I am pretty sure it wasn't there.
>
> I have a feeling it was printed in a book as shell script, somthing
> like Bourne's book, or Kernighan and Pike but I'am not sure.
>
> Anyone remember?
>
> -Steve
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