Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:39:39 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: no xargs -i flag Message-ID: <20020925013938.GB522@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20020924184251.J64949-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020924184251.J64949-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 06:48:15PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the > command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes > proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining > promptings. If you're comparing it with Linux, it's -p or --interactive. -i is for replacing. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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