On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:45:51PM +0000, Tyler Smith wrote: > On 2007-03-17, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007-03-17, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Within that directory I issued: > >> > >> $ls -1 | xargs -L 1 tar -xf > >> > >> and ended up with a test subdirectory containing all nine files. > >> > > > .... > > The argument to ls, "ls -1" is not necessary. > .... > > Did some reading on this, and it turns out that when standard output > of ls is anything but a terminal it automatically defaults to > 'ls -1'. So as soon as you put a pipe at the end of ls the -1 is > assumed.
I just didn't want to assume anything. I wanted one line at a time, so I specified it. Otherwise, an undocumented change to ls could cause a problem that isn't apparent. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
