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Re: manpage: --delimiter
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Thomas Sattler |
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Re: manpage: --delimiter |
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:03:18 +0100 |
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>> Could someone please enlight me what's the usecase of --delimiter?
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> I cannot. --delimiter is there for xargs compatibility.
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> The text is heavily inspired by the man page for xargs.
OK, I just put the two manpages next to each other and now
I understand the meaning of "is heavily inspired by". ;-)
Let me change my question: What is, from your point of view,
the difference between "--colsep" and "--delimiter"?
Or is 'colsep' "just an enhanced version" of 'delimiter',
that trims the items and uses Perl Regular Expression
instead of simple characters?
Thomas