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--- Begin Message ---Package: findutils Version: 4.1.20-3 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/xargs It is useful to be able to run a command like this: find -type f |xargs -i -l10 echo mv '{}' dest With that I get: mv '{}' dest [list of 10 files] Where I would expect: mv [list of 10 files] dest -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux srv-lnx2600 2.6.1-bk2-nfs-stale-file-handles #2 SMP Fri Jan 16 15:11:17 PST 2004 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages findutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On 2004-02-06 Mike Fedyk <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: findutils > Version: 4.1.20-3 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/bin/xargs > It is useful to be able to run a command like this: > find -type f |xargs -i -l10 echo mv '{}' dest > With that I get: > mv '{}' dest [list of 10 files] > Where I would expect: > mv [list of 10 files] dest Hello, this was forwarded upstream to https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=13041 but the wish was denied with following rationale: --------------- As things turn out, findutils is behaving in the same way as many other implementations, and BSD's behaviour, though sensible, is unusual. Therefore I don't plan to change the software but rather to apply your patch updating the documentation. --------------- cu Andreas
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