[bug #19904] xargs produces different output with similar parameter

[James Youngman]

Update of bug #19904 (project findutils):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Assigned to:                    None => jay                    

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Follow-up Comment #2:

I believe you have misunderstood how the -d option works.   If you use "xargs
-d '<SPACE>'" then newline is not a separator.  The "extra" newline is simply
the last character in the last argument.   

This example may make this clearer for you:

$ printf "foo bar\nbaz ugh quux\n"    | ./xargs  -n1 -d ' ' echo X
X foo
X bar
baz
X ugh
X quux

$ echo "foo bar" | tr -d '\n'  | ./xargs -n1  -d ' ' echo ZZZ
ZZZ foo
ZZZ bar


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