Bug 86191

Summary: xargs options don't work as expected
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: jmbastia
Component: findutilsAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description jmbastia 2003-03-16 18:57:22 UTC
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Description of problem:
The -i option to xargs only works if it's the last option specified.


$ echo Hi | xargs -i -n1 echo {} There
{} There Hi

$ echo Hi | xargs -n1 -i echo {} There
Hi There



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
findutils-4.1.7-7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use 2 or more options (including -i) with xargs
2. If -i is not the last option, the {} replace string doesn't work

    

Actual Results:  {} became an argument to the command instead of being replaced
by input from STDIN

Expected Results:  {} should have been replaced by input from STDIN

Additional info:

Bug also appears in RedHat 7.3 (findutils-4.1.7-4)

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2003-03-17 13:23:52 UTC
Actually of course -i isn't really compatible with -n in general.  For the
specific case -n1 it is though, so I've made it ignore the -n option in that case.

Fixed package is findutils-4.1.7-10, which will appear in rawhide in due course.