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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2000-09-22 20:22:28 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2000-09-22 20:22:28 +0000
commit5b17693f0a07d0fa8af08e3c0d6b43c7b826a13d (patch)
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Use minix xargs instead, and update docs accordingly
-Erik
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diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod
index e12c8243c..5caf1de7d 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.pod
+++ b/docs/busybox.pod
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ mkfifo, mkfs.minix, mknod, mkswap, mktemp, more, mount, mt, mv, nc, nslookup,
ping, poweroff, printf, ps, pwd, rdate, reboot, renice, reset, rm, rmdir,
rmmod, sed, setkeycodes, sh, sleep, sort, swapoff, swapon, sync, syslogd, tail,
tar, tee, telnet, test, touch, tr, true, tty, umount, uname, uniq, unix2dos,
-unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, yes,
-zcat, [
+unrpm, update, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, wc, which, whoami, xargs,
+yes, zcat, [
-------------------------------
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Example:
=item ls
-Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFR>] [filenames...]
+Usage: ls [B<-1acdelnpuxACFLR>] [filenames...]
Options:
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ Options:
-C list entries by columns
-F append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
-R list subdirectories recursively
+ -L list entries pointed to by symbolic links
-------------------------------
@@ -2080,6 +2081,25 @@ Example:
-------------------------------
+=item xargs
+
+Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...]
+
+Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input.
+
+Options:
+
+ -t Print the command just before it is run
+ -l LEN Use LEN as maximum line length (default 490, max 1023)
+ -e ENDING Append ENDING to the command before executing it.
+
+Example:
+
+ $ ls | xargs gzip
+ $ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm
+
+-------------------------------
+
=item yes
Usage: yes [OPTION]... [STRING]...
@@ -2182,4 +2202,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
=cut
-# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.70 2000/09/21 02:06:35 andersen Exp $
+# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.71 2000/09/22 20:22:27 andersen Exp $