`xargs -L 1` - yep that worked like charm! thanks Jaye, ram
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Jaye Mathisen <mr...@lilpantry.com> wrote: > ./rt -i ls owner=usera | sed -e 's/ticket\///' | xargs -L 1 ./rt steal > > or somesuch should get you close. > > Might have to check your documentation for xargs to tell it how to only > run 1 command at a time, I think it varies between linux and BSD. > > > > On 11/11/2013 10:54 AM, Ram wrote: > >> I am looking to change the owner of 3000 tickets from usera to userb. It >> seems that ./rt take|untake|steal does not accept a request to read ids >> from <stdin> - that is this doesn't work: >> ./rt -i ls owner=usera | ./rt steal - >> >> The first problem is that steal|take|untake doesn't like the explicit >> notation ticket/ticket_id but rather prefers just a ticket_id. That's easy >> enough to work around - just nuke "ticket/". The issue around not like "-" >> indicating take parameters from <stdin> is more of a hassle. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> thanks >> >> > -- > Jaye Mathisen, Lil Pantry > P:541-476-0152 > F:541-476-0152 > >