Re: xargs -n 1 I/O unjumbling

[James Youngman]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:03:35AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> One of the most frustrating things about xargs -n 1 was that as I was
> adding input, I was getting output, jumbling the screen. I solved it
> with e.g.,
> $ xargs|xargs -n 1 command
> You might want to make a note of it in the docs.

It's late here, and perhaps I am a little slow, but if you could
illustrate in more detail the problem you encountered and how this
approach improves things, that would help me produce a better update
to the documentation.

Thanks,
James.