From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: I've committed "zargs" ...
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 06:32:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1020904063211.ZM5052@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
I got a bit carried away and implemented the entire set of options from
GNU xargs 4.1. Rather than post the result here, I've just committed it.
I didn't write any doc for contrib.yo ... does anyone think I should?
Here's `zargs --help':
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Usage: zargs [options --] [input-args] [-- command [initial-args]]
If command and initial-args are omitted, "print -r --" is used.
Options:
--eof[=eof-str], -e[eof-str]
Change the end-of-input-args string from "--" to eof-str. If
given as --eof=, an empty argument is the end; as --eof or -e,
with no (or an empty) eof-str, all arguments are input-args.
--exit, -x
Exit if the size (see --max-chars) is exceeded.
--help
Print this summary and exit.
--interactive, -p
Prompt before executing each command line.
--max-args=max-args, -n max-args
Use at most max-args arguments per command line.
--max-chars=max-chars, -s max-chars
Use at most max-chars characters per command line.
--max-lines[=max-lines], -l[max-lines]
Use at most max-lines of the input-args per command line.
This option is misnamed for xargs compatibility.
--max-procs=max-procs, -P max-procs
Run up to max-procs command lines in the background at once.
--no-run-if-empty, -r
Do nothing if there are no input arguments before the eof-str.
--null, -0
Split each input-arg at null bytes, for xargs compatibility.
--replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
Substitute replace-str in the initial-args by each initial-arg.
Implies --exit --max-lines=1.
--verbose, -t
Print each command line to stderr before executing it.
--version
Print the version number of zargs and exit.
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I spent much more time than I should have on getting the best --max-procs
algorithm I could come up with. Comments welcome.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
next reply other threads:[~2002-09-04 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-04 6:32 Bart Schaefer [this message]
2002-09-09 14:41 ` Occasional 'job table full or recursion limit exceeded' Felix Rosencrantz
2002-09-09 16:22 ` Bart Schaefer
2002-09-11 10:36 ` Felix Rosencrantz
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