Bug 158979 – xargs -L <max_lines> not accepted

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Bug 158979 - xargs -L <max_lines> not accepted

Summary:	xargs -L <max_lines> not accepted

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	findutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
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Reported:	2005-05-27 09:41 EDT by Jonathan Wakely
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Description Jonathan Wakely 2005-05-27 09:41:38 EDT

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Description of problem:
xargs doesn't recognise the -L option




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
findutils-4.1.20-7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
[redi@morion ~]$ xargs -L
xargs: invalid option -- L
Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [-E eof-str] [-e[eof-str]] [-I replace-str]
       [-i[replace-str]] [-L max-lines] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args]
       [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]]
       [--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive]
       [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs]
       [--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--version] [--help]
       [command [initial-arguments]]

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This looks similar to Bug 147595

Is the only option to use the rawhide version or wait for FC4 ?

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2005-05-27 10:08:09 EDT

FC4 isn't so far away:

http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/

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