4711 – xargs -i doesn't do what I expect

Bug 4711 - xargs -i doesn't do what I expect

Summary: xargs -i doesn't do what I expect

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Description jeastmond 1999-08-26 00:08:06 UTC

Running the command line:

echo "a b c" | xargs -n1 -i echo {}

gives

a b c

instead of

a
b
c

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-08-26 21:55:59 UTC

Try
	echo a b c | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs -n1 -i echo {}

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