Re: xargs feature request...

[Bob Proulx]

Linda A. W. wrote:
>       I think this has been the case a few times.  As for worrying about 
>       quotes within my filenames, yes, it could be a concern, but quotes in 
> file
> names are less likely than spaces in my usage.

But that is just trading one problem for the same problem with a
different field separator character.  Better to avoid it entirely
using zero terminated strings with the -print0 and -0 options.

> >spaces within the filenames are protected by correct quoting, for
> >example "$@".
> ---
>       Would that put double quotes around the entire argument list rather 
>       than each item?

  "$*" is "$1 $2 $3 ..."

  "$@" is "$1" "$2" "$3" ...

Each argument is quoted individually.

Bob