>> Could someone please enlight me what's the usecase of --delimiter? > > I cannot. --delimiter is there for xargs compatibility. > > The text is heavily inspired by the man page for xargs.
OK, I just put the two manpages next to each other and now I understand the meaning of "is heavily inspired by". ;-) Let me change my question: What is, from your point of view, the difference between "--colsep" and "--delimiter"? Or is 'colsep' "just an enhanced version" of 'delimiter', that trims the items and uses Perl Regular Expression instead of simple characters? Thomas
