Reproduce example;
$ echo "testdir/testfile" | xargs -I '{}' echo '{}', dir: $(echo
dirname '{}') = $(dirname '{}')Expected output; testdir/testfile, dir: dirname testdir/testfile = testdir Actual output; testdir/testfile, dir: dirname testdir/testfile = . This behavior seems to be limited to the xargs -I replace-str usage pattern, any other way I can think of running dirname works fine. Basename has similarly wonky behavior, it prints the full string instead of doing any stripping. Not sure if there's a bug involved (or if it's on the findutils or coreutils side). Could also just be something silly I'm overlooking. I've tested this with findutils 4.4.2 and coreutils 8.5 & 8.13 with identical results. -- Juho-Pekka Kuitunen
