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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: folding arguments
Message-ID: <7259@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 13 Feb 88 08:04:20 GMT
References: <3822@megaron.arizona.edu> <120@gsg.UUCP> <3839@megaron.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3839@megaron.arizona.edu> lm@megaron.arizona.edu.UUCP (Larry McVoy) writes:
>I really want infinite space for args to exec but failing that I want
>something that bunchs up args into suitable form for an exec.

This exists on most systems under the name "xargs" or "apply"
(different designs, but both will do what you want).  I agree
it is a useful facility and support its inclusion in IEEE 1003.2.