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-rw-r--r--findutils/xargs.c32
-rwxr-xr-xtestsuite/xargs.tests14
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 92d01f7b6..f22d089ca 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -355,20 +355,22 @@ enum {
OPTBIT_UPTO_NUMBER,
OPTBIT_UPTO_SIZE,
OPTBIT_EOF_STRING,
+ OPTBIT_EOF_STRING1,
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION(OPTBIT_INTERACTIVE,)
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT( OPTBIT_TERMINATE ,)
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( OPTBIT_ZEROTERM ,)
- OPT_VERBOSE = 1<<OPTBIT_VERBOSE ,
- OPT_NO_EMPTY = 1<<OPTBIT_NO_EMPTY ,
- OPT_UPTO_NUMBER = 1<<OPTBIT_UPTO_NUMBER,
- OPT_UPTO_SIZE = 1<<OPTBIT_UPTO_SIZE ,
- OPT_EOF_STRING = 1<<OPTBIT_EOF_STRING ,
- OPT_INTERACTIVE = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION((1<<OPTBIT_INTERACTIVE)) + 0,
- OPT_TERMINATE = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT( (1<<OPTBIT_TERMINATE )) + 0,
- OPT_ZEROTERM = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( (1<<OPTBIT_ZEROTERM )) + 0,
+ OPT_VERBOSE = 1 << OPTBIT_VERBOSE ,
+ OPT_NO_EMPTY = 1 << OPTBIT_NO_EMPTY ,
+ OPT_UPTO_NUMBER = 1 << OPTBIT_UPTO_NUMBER,
+ OPT_UPTO_SIZE = 1 << OPTBIT_UPTO_SIZE ,
+ OPT_EOF_STRING = 1 << OPTBIT_EOF_STRING , /* GNU: -e[<param>] */
+ OPT_EOF_STRING1 = 1 << OPTBIT_EOF_STRING1, /* SUS: -E<param> */
+ OPT_INTERACTIVE = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION((1 << OPTBIT_INTERACTIVE)) + 0,
+ OPT_TERMINATE = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT( (1 << OPTBIT_TERMINATE )) + 0,
+ OPT_ZEROTERM = USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( (1 << OPTBIT_ZEROTERM )) + 0,
};
-#define OPTION_STR "+trn:s:e::" \
+#define OPTION_STR "+trn:s:e::E:" \
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION("p") \
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT( "x") \
USE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( "0")
@@ -376,8 +378,6 @@ enum {
int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- static const char const_eof_str[] ALIGN1 = "_";
-
char **args;
int i, n;
xlist_t *list = NULL;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
int n_max_arg;
size_t n_chars = 0;
long orig_arg_max;
- const char *eof_str = const_eof_str;
+ const char *eof_str = NULL;
unsigned opt;
size_t n_max_chars;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
@@ -396,10 +396,12 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
#define read_args process_stdin
#endif
- opt = getopt32(argv, OPTION_STR, &max_args, &max_chars, &eof_str);
+ opt = getopt32(argv, OPTION_STR, &max_args, &max_chars, &eof_str, &eof_str);
- /* -e without optional param? */
- if ((opt & OPT_EOF_STRING) && eof_str == const_eof_str)
+ /* -E ""? You may wonder why not just omit -E?
+ * This is used for portability:
+ * old xargs was using "_" as default for -E / -e */
+ if ((opt & OPT_EOF_STRING1) && eof_str[0] == '\0')
eof_str = NULL;
if (opt & OPT_ZEROTERM)
diff --git a/testsuite/xargs.tests b/testsuite/xargs.tests
index e041d592e..36524499e 100755
--- a/testsuite/xargs.tests
+++ b/testsuite/xargs.tests
@@ -6,14 +6,24 @@
# testing "test name" "command" "expected result" "file input" "stdin"
-testing "xargs stops on underscore" \
- "xargs" \
+testing "xargs -E _ stops on underscore" \
+ "xargs -E _" \
"a\n" \
"" "a\n_\nb\n"
+testing "xargs -E ''" \
+ "xargs -E ''" \
+ "a _ b\n" \
+ "" "a\n_\nb\n"
+
testing "xargs -e without param" \
"xargs -e" \
"a _ b\n" \
"" "a\n_\nb\n"
+testing "xargs does not stop on underscore ('new' GNU behavior)" \
+ "xargs" \
+ "a _ b\n" \
+ "" "a\n_\nb\n"
+
exit $FAILCOUNT