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authorjmallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>2003-02-26 22:44:32 +0000
committerjmallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>2003-02-26 22:44:32 +0000
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Extend our -R extension which sets the number of arguments in which -I will
replace to support magic values less than zero, which mean to just go nuts and expand as many as we want. MFC after: 2 weeks
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@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ No commands are executed if the process is not attached to a terminal.
Specify the maximum number of arguments that
.Fl I
will do replacement in.
+If
+.Ar replacements
+is negative, the number of arguments in which to replace is unbounded.
.It Fl s Ar size
Set the maximum number of bytes for the command line length provided to
.Ar utility .
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