Re: OT: tail -f | while read

[Martin F Krafft <madduck@madduck.net>]

also sprach Joseph Dane (on Thu, 06 Sep 2001 02:04:52PM -1000):
>  Martin> no: xargs(1) --max-args=max-args, -n max-args Use at most
>  Martin> max-args arguments per command line.  Fewer than max-args
>  Martin> arguments will be used if the size (see the -s option) is
>  Martin> exceeded, unless the -x option is given, in which case xargs
>  Martin> will exit.
> 
> right.  meaning that if you specify '-n 1', then at most one argument
> will be used for each invocation.  is that not what I said?

dammit, i need sleep. i took the -x option for granted.

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