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xargs(1): improve man page by deleting lines

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stanley lieber 2012-07-08 19:58:57 -05:00
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sys/man/1/xargs
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@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ xargs \- construct argument list and execute
reads reads
.B number .B number
(default 10) lines from (default 10) lines from
standard input and runs the given commands with those lines as arguments. The utility is repeatedly executed one or more times until standard input is exhausted. standard input and runs the given
.B cmd
with those lines as arguments. This is repeated until standard input is exhausted.
.PP .PP
Options are as follows: Options are as follows:
.TP .TP
@ -32,5 +34,11 @@ as the maximum number of lines taken from standard input for each invocation.
Parallel mode: run Parallel mode: run
.I maxprocs .I maxprocs
invocations at once. invocations at once.
.SH EXAMPLE
.IP
.EX
seq 1 9 | xargs -n 3 echo
.EE
.LP
.SH SOURCE .SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/xargs.c .B /sys/src/cmd/xargs.c