Wilfredo Sánchez Vega wrote:
  What's -r?  It's not on OS X, so I don't think it's a portable option...

Oh, I'm sorry. I did not check portability.

  Is xargs on Linux calling rm with an empty argument list?

Yes, as long as -r is not used. I'm using a Debian/sarge Linux system
with GNU xargs version 4.1.20.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo a b c | xargs echo
a b c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo a b c | xargs -r echo
a b c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "" | xargs echo

[EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "" | xargs -r echo
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