A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861 ====================================================================== Reported By: stephane Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2024)/Issue8 Issue ID: 1861 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Error Severity: Objection Priority: normal Status: Interpretation Required Name: Stephane Chazelas Organization: User Reference: Section: xargs utility Page Number: 3601 Line Number: 123207-123214 Interp Status: Proposed Final Accepted Text: https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861#c6918 ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2024-10-11 12:32 UTC Last Modified: 2024-10-21 09:01 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: xargs -L broken by https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=243 resolution ====================================================================== Relationships ID Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- related to 0000243 Add -print0 to "find" ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006932) geoffclare (manager) - 2024-10-21 09:01 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861#c6932 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > it could be that [Solaris] correctly breaks the list into "echo + 00001 00002" so as to fit into those 23 bytes and ignore line boundaries or that it is broken in a similar way as ast-open's one Without -s, Solaris handles lines as expected, so not broken like ast-open's xargs: $ printf '00001 00002 00003\n00004 00005 00006\n00007 00008 00009\n00010 00011 00012\n' | xargs -L 2 echo + + 00001 00002 00003 00004 00005 00006 + 00007 00008 00009 00010 00011 00012 Experimenting with different -s limits, it seems it will carry args forward to the next line: $ printf '00001 00002 00003\n00004 00005 00006\n00007 00008 00009\n00010 00011 00012\n' | xargs -L 2 -s 36 echo + + 00001 00002 00003 00004 + 00005 00006 00007 00008 + 00009 00010 00011 00012 but in some situations will also end an argument set at the end of a line: $ printf '00001 00002 00003\n00004 00005 00006\n00007 00008 00009\n00010 00011 00012\n' | xargs -L2 -s 40 echo + + 00001 00002 00003 00004 00005 + 00006 00007 00008 00009 + 00010 00011 00012 > In any case, it seems to me it would be too late to forbid the GNU/FreeBSD/NetBSD behaviour in the POSIX specification now. I agree, it should be made optional whether -L turns on -x. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane New Issue 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Name => Stephane Chazelas 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Section => xargs utility 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Page Number => 3601 2024-10-11 12:32 stephane Line Number => 123207-123214 2024-10-11 16:28 stephane Note Added: 0006913 2024-10-12 05:57 stephane Note Added: 0006914 2024-10-14 16:13 geoffclare Note Added: 0006916 2024-10-15 05:09 stephane Note Added: 0006917 2024-10-15 05:23 stephane Note Edited: 0006917 2024-10-17 09:08 geoffclare Note Added: 0006918 2024-10-17 09:12 geoffclare Relationship added related to 0000243 2024-10-17 15:12 geoffclare Note Edited: 0006918 2024-10-17 15:12 geoffclare Interp Status => Pending 2024-10-17 15:12 geoffclare Final Accepted Text => https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1861#c6918 2024-10-17 15:12 geoffclare Status New => Interpretation Required 2024-10-17 15:12 geoffclare Resolution Open => Accepted As Marked 2024-10-17 15:13 geoffclare Tag Attached: tc1-2024 2024-10-17 16:25 agadmin Interp Status Pending => Proposed 2024-10-17 16:25 agadmin Note Added: 0006921 2024-10-18 06:34 stephane Note Added: 0006922 2024-10-18 07:02 stephane Note Added: 0006923 2024-10-18 07:08 stephane Note Added: 0006924 2024-10-18 07:10 stephane Note Edited: 0006924 2024-10-18 08:39 geoffclare Note Added: 0006925 2024-10-18 18:59 stephane Note Edited: 0006922 2024-10-19 20:56 stephane Note Added: 0006927 2024-10-19 21:10 gbrandenrobinsonNote Added: 0006928 2024-10-20 07:24 stephane Note Added: 0006929 2024-10-20 08:25 stephane Note Added: 0006930 2024-10-20 19:54 stephane Note Edited: 0006922 2024-10-20 19:57 stephane Note Edited: 0006922 2024-10-20 19:58 stephane Note Edited: 0006922 2024-10-21 06:20 stephane Note Added: 0006931 2024-10-21 09:01 geoffclare Note Added: 0006932 ======================================================================
