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| author | Bart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net> | 2005-06-20 15:15:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Bart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net> | 2005-06-20 15:15:57 +0000 |
| commit | 37738519483c8c5ae6a93a9177c273e1fd8dabc6 (patch) | |
| tree | 13edd01b28ad84fc9c5273a70067a27b0647ece3 /Functions/Misc/zargs | |
| parent | e9171ff4d817ec08278c11a3b3164d0b5f9d61fc (diff) | |
| download | zsh-37738519483c8c5ae6a93a9177c273e1fd8dabc6.tar.gz zsh-37738519483c8c5ae6a93a9177c273e1fd8dabc6.zip | |
zargs: add -I and -L options of xargs.
Diffstat (limited to 'Functions/Misc/zargs')
| -rw-r--r-- | Functions/Misc/zargs | 27 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Functions/Misc/zargs b/Functions/Misc/zargs index 928b1ffbf..71360e4ca 100644 --- a/Functions/Misc/zargs +++ b/Functions/Misc/zargs @@ -46,11 +46,28 @@ # Also because of "wait" limitations, --max-procs spawns max-procs jobs, # then waits for all of those, then spawns another batch, etc. # +# Differences from POSIX xargs: +# +# * POSIX requires a space between -I/-L/-n/-s and their numeric argument; +# zargs uses zparseopts, which does not require the space. +# +# * POSIX -L and -n are mutually exclusive and effectively synonymous; +# zargs accepts both and considers -n to be a limit on the total number +# of arguments per command line, that is, including the initial-args. +# Thus the following fails with "argument list too long": +# zargs -n 3 -- echo Here are four words +# The smallest limit implied by the combination of -L and -n is used. +# +# * POSIX implies the last of -n/-i/-I/-l/-L on the command line is meant +# to cancel any of those that precede it. (This is unspecified for +# -I/-L and implementations reportedly differ.) In zargs, -i/-I have +# this behavior, as do -l/-L, but when -i/-I appear anywhere then -l/-L +# are ignored (forced to 1). emulate -L zsh || return 1 local -a opts eof n s l P i -local ZARGS_VERSION="1.3" +local ZARGS_VERSION="1.4" if zparseopts -a opts -D -- \ -eof::=eof e::=eof \ @@ -59,11 +76,11 @@ if zparseopts -a opts -D -- \ -interactive p \ -max-args:=n n:=n \ -max-chars:=s s:=s \ - -max-lines::=l l::=l \ + -max-lines::=l l::=l L:=l \ -max-procs:=P P:=P \ -no-run-if-empty r \ -null 0 \ - -replace::=i i::=i \ + -replace::=i i::=i I:=i \ -verbose t \ -version then @@ -119,7 +136,7 @@ HELP if (( $#i )) then l=1 - i=${${i##-(i|-replace(=|))}:-\{\}} + i=${${${i##-(i|I|-replace(=|))}[-1]}:-\{\}} opts[(r)-x]=-x # The following is not how xargs is documented, # but GNU xargs does behave as if -i implies -r. @@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ then fi s=${${s##-(s|-max-chars(=|))}:-20480} -l=${${l##-(l|-max-lines(=|))}:-${${l[1]:+1}:-$ARGC}} +l=${${${l##*-(l|L|-max-lines(=|))}[-1]}:-${${l[1]:+1}:-$ARGC}} # Everything has to be in a subshell just in case of backgrounding jobs, # so that we don't unintentionally "wait" for jobs of the parent shell. |