From 5b17693f0a07d0fa8af08e3c0d6b43c7b826a13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:22:28 +0000 Subject: Use minix xargs instead, and update docs accordingly -Erik --- docs/busybox.pod | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/busybox.pod') 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 =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 $ -- cgit v1.2.3