Re: [dev] Suggestion for project idea/christmas hacking: sbase xargs -P and -0 support

2024-12-13 Thread Hiltjo Posthuma
On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 06:12:00PM +0100, Marc Chantreux wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question here: who uses sbase and why? > > aside: > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 05:25:54PM +0100, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: > > It would be very useful to add the -0 (NUL separators) and -P (parallel > > jobs) > >

Re: [dev] Suggestion for project idea/christmas hacking: sbase xargs -P and -0 support

2024-12-13 Thread Marc Chantreux
Hello, I have a question here: who uses sbase and why? aside: On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 05:25:54PM +0100, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: > It would be very useful to add the -0 (NUL separators) and -P (parallel jobs) > options. Can't agree more. Another non-POSIX feature I really like is the date -f- an

[dev] Suggestion for project idea/christmas hacking: sbase xargs -P and -0 support

2024-12-13 Thread Hiltjo Posthuma
Hi, I have a suggestion for sbase xargs. It would be very useful to add the -0 (NUL separators) and -P (parallel jobs) options. Strictly speaking these options non-POSIX, but very useful. Almost all implementations support them. Maybe a nice project for new contributors who want to do some chri

Re: [dev] Suggestion for project idea/christmas hacking: sbase xargs -P and -0 support

2024-12-13 Thread Marc Chantreux
Hi Hiltjo, > Coincidently I recently tested some things on Tiny Core Linux with busybox. you just made me realize there is a linux distribution named Tiny Core so I kept on browsing and realized there was interesting projects around busybox. thanks. -- Marc Chantreux