Package: findutils Version: 4.5.12-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I would really like to be able to pipe into xargs and have it start and interactive program. It cannot. Please give us a feature which will let us: ls|xargs [option flag here] vim without error. I do not want to have an xargs that makes me start an entirely new shell that launches a program to do this. I want an xargs that is directly compatible with interactive applications. Please give me an xargs that is directly compatible with interactive applications. The manual mentions something else, and I'm not sure what it is or what it's for: xargs sh -c 'emacs "$@" < /dev/tty' emacs This involves manually launching a new shell via xargs, and I don't understand it's intent or how it helps me pipe into vim. Please do whatever you think best to give xargs the usability it deserves. Certainly interactive applications ought be usable by xargs. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-042stab076.8 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages findutils depends on: ii libc6 2.17-7 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-5 findutils recommends no packages. Versions of packages findutils suggests: pn mlocate | locate <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
