From 5b17693f0a07d0fa8af08e3c0d6b43c7b826a13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:22:28 +0000
Subject: Use minix xargs instead, and update docs accordingly  -Erik

---
 docs/busybox.sgml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/busybox.sgml')

diff --git a/docs/busybox.sgml b/docs/busybox.sgml
index e8a91fa05..e213ca1b2 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.sgml
+++ b/docs/busybox.sgml
@@ -1922,6 +1922,7 @@
 			-A	Do not list implied . and ..
 			-C	List entries by columns
 			-F	Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
+			-L	list entries pointed to by symbolic links
 			-R	List subdirectories recursively
 		</screen>
 		</para>
@@ -3659,6 +3660,42 @@
 		</para>
 	</sect1>
 
+	<sect1 id="xargs">
+	    <title>xargs</title>
+
+		<para>
+		Usage: xargs [OPTIONS] [COMMAND] [ARGS...]
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Executes COMMAND on every item given by standard input.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		Options:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<screen>
+			-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.
+		</screen>
+		</para>
+
+
+		<para>
+		Example:
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+		<screen>
+			$ ls | xargs gzip
+			$ find . -name '*.c' -print | xargs rm
+		</screen>
+		</para>
+	</sect1>
+
 	<sect1 id="yes">
 	    <title>yes</title>
 
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