The following output was obtained as shown. this does not seem to be in
accord
with the man pages.
If not bug, would appreciate response saying why not.
$ xargs --version
GNU xargs version 4.1.20
$ xargs --help
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]]
$ files="a b c d e f g h i j"
$ print - $files | xargs -I {} -n 6 echo {}
xargs: invalid option -- I
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]]
$ print - $files | xargs -i{} -n 6 echo
a b c d e f
g h i j
$ print - $files | xargs -i{} -n 6 echo {}
{} a b c d e f
{} g h i j
Expected output:
a b c d e f
g h i j
Thanks
respond to: phil.fis...@peejayeff.co.uk
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