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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-27 18:16:36 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-27 18:16:36 +0000 |
commit | 015f9bceccea3107a2d5801b7a4c68f088258378 (patch) | |
tree | faef93af25ce62ed4d7368d4eba3e89070453610 | |
parent | fd28d315c2756ca8360fdcadf6e7dad28022fffd (diff) | |
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A few changes for clarity.
PR: 47170
Submitted by: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@attbi.com> (original version)
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 index 5ad816f..bba7aa2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 +++ b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 @@ -63,19 +63,18 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited arguments -from the standard input and executes the specified +utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited strings +from the standard input and executes .Ar utility -with them as +with the strings as arguments. .Pp -The utility and any arguments specified on the command line are given -to the +Any arguments specified on the command line are given to .Ar utility upon each invocation, followed by some number of the arguments read -from standard input. -The -.Ar utility +from the standard input of +.Nm . +The utility is repeatedly executed until standard input is exhausted. .Pp Spaces, tabs and newlines may be embedded in arguments using single @@ -176,7 +175,8 @@ then will be called with the available lines. .It Fl n Ar number Set the maximum number of arguments taken from standard input for each -invocation of the utility. +invocation of +.Ar utility . An invocation of .Ar utility will use less than @@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ to terminate immediately if a command line containing arguments will not fit in the specified (or default) command line length. .El .Pp -If no +If .Ar utility -is specified, +is omitted, .Xr echo 1 is used. .Pp @@ -251,8 +251,12 @@ The utility exits immediately (without processing any further input) if a command line cannot be assembled, .Ar utility -cannot be invoked, an invocation of the utility is terminated by a signal -or an invocation of the utility exits with a value of 255. +cannot be invoked, an invocation of +.Ar utility +is terminated by a signal, +or an invocation of +.Ar utility +exits with a value of 255. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Nm |