Re: xargs -i forgets its supposed defaults in some positions

[James Youngman]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 03:23:39PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> xargs -i forgets its supposed defaults in some positions:
> $ echo a |xargs -i -n 1 echo {} zzz
> {} zzz a
> $ echo a |xargs -n 1 echo {} zzz
> {} zzz a
> $ echo a |xargs -n 1 -i echo {} zzz
> a zzz

I suspect that that is a duplicate bug report.   


> $ xargs --version
> GNU xargs version 4.1.20
> Also put your bug address on the man page.

That has already been done in the CVS code, but that change isn't yet
in any released version.

-- 
James Youngman.
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