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Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request: counterpiece to option sequence "--null"
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request: counterpiece to option sequence "--null" "--files-from=..." for option "--list" |
Date: |
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:15:45 +0300 |
Helmut Waitzmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> So I'd like to have a "--list-null" option, which would list the contents
> of the archive as a NUL separated list of member names:
I'd rather extend the semantics of --null to cover archive listing as
well. It won't break the existing functionality in any way.
> One benefit of this would be, that this list could be piped to xargs:
>
> tar -f archive.tar --list-null | \
> xargs --null -- process the archive member names as you like
Well, but how will it differ from running:
tar -f archive.tar --list | \
xargs -- process the archive member names as you like
?
Regards,
Sergey