On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Atte Peltomdki <atte.peltom...@iki.fi> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 09:32:43PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> Antti Harri wrote on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 07:31:57PM +0200: >> >> > xargs' -L switch isn't working when using -0 flag. >> >> After checking POSIX.1 (2008), i conclude that our implementation and >> manual are correct in this respect. The -L option is concerned >> with "lines of arguments from standard input". ASCII nul characters >> do not delimit lines. > > You seem to have misinterpreted the purpose of -print0 and -0. From > Linux find(1):
We understand the purpose of -0. Are you sure you understand the difference between -n and -L? AFAICT, the behavior you desire can be obtained portably and without requiring an alteration to the definition of 'line' using -0 -n # -x Philip Guenther
