Re: no xargs -i flag

2002-09-27 Thread Oliver Fromme
Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the > command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes > proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining > promptings. Norm

Re: no xargs -i flag

2002-09-25 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > If you're comparing it with Linux, it's -p or --interactive. -i is > for replacing. > Edwin > Edwin Groothuis |Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php > bash

Re: no xargs -i flag

2002-09-25 Thread Peter Leftwich
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-09-24 18:48, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the > > command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes > > proceed and n means no

Re: no xargs -i flag

2002-09-24 Thread Edwin Groothuis
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 06:48:15PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the > command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes > proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining >

Re: no xargs -i flag

2002-09-24 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-09-24 18:48, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the > command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes > proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining >

no xargs -i flag

2002-09-24 Thread Peter Leftwich
I'm surprised that xargs has no flag for interactive mode (-i) so that the command line will be echoed to the terminal asking [y/n/!] where y means yes proceed and n means no stop now and ! would mean answer y to all remaining promptings. If the command passed to xargs *includes* something like "