[bug #13686] xargs -I is not documented

[Andreas Metzler]

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                 Summary: xargs -I is not documented
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ametzler
            Submitted on: Fre 08.07.2005 um 09:25
                Category: documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.2.23
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Hello,
Since version 4.2.10 xargs accepts -I, however neither manpage nor texinfo
documentation properly refer to it. Attached patch fixes this.

Because POSIX talks about -I (as XSI extension) but not about -i I assume that
-I is now the favored variant.

This was originally reported by Michael Wardle in 
http://bugs.debian.org/317086




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Date: Fre 08.07.2005 um 09:25  Name: documentxargs-I.diff  Size: 3,2KB   By:
ametzler
suggested patch
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=13686&item_file_id=2675>

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