On 2007-03-17, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Within that directory I issued: > > $ls -1 | xargs -L 1 tar -xf > > and ended up with a test subdirectory containing all nine files. >
Ok, I tried that out. The key seems to be the arguments to xarg, either "-L 1" as you suggest, or "-n 1" as suggested by another poster. The argument to ls, "ls -1" is not necessary. I tried your example with ls *.tar.gz | and ls -1 *.tar.gz |, and both worked when piped into xargs -L 1 or xargs -n 1, but not plain xargs. Thanks! -- Regards, Tyler Smit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
