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Re: allow xargs to read from file
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Tim Waugh |
Subject: |
Re: allow xargs to read from file |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:09:02 +0100 |
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:31:46PM +0200, Christer Ekholm wrote:
> > includes a patch to allow xargs to read from a file instead of
> > standard input. This would allow interactive commands to be executed
> > by xargs, and I think that would be useful.
[...]
> I see no reason for it. Your shell is perfectly capable of redirecting
> the input from a file.
>
> I can't se what you gain by writing:
>
> $ xargs -a file_with_args command
>
> instead of just:
>
> $ xargs command < file_with_args
See above: the important word is "interactive". If 'command' is an
interactive program, such as gdb or gpg, redirecting standard input
renders them useless.
With current CVS they will be reading from /dev/null.
Tim.
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