On 12/15/24 20:47, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
`xargs -0` is similar to many tools allowing Zero-delimited input.
And often the last entry of input does not have to be Zero-terminated.
Here some examples from the GNU coreutils.
* `sort -z`:
* `uniq -z`:
* `cut -z`
* `tail -z`:
P.S. I forgot to mention another class of examples processing files from a list
of Zero-separated input: tools with the 'files0-from' option.
$ echo hello > hello
$ echo world > world
* `du`
$ printf 'hello\0world' | du --files0-from=-
4 hello
4 world
$ printf 'hello\0world\0' | du --files0-from=-
4 hello
4 world
* `wc`
$ printf 'hello\0world' | wc --files0-from=-
1 1 6 hello
1 1 6 world
2 2 12 total
$ printf 'hello\0world\0' | wc --files0-from=-
1 1 6 hello
1 1 6 world
2 2 12 total
* `sort`
$ printf 'hello\0world' | sort --files0-from=-
hello
world
$ printf 'hello\0world\0' | sort --files0-from=-
hello
world
* and finally GNU `find`:
$ printf 'hello\0world' | find -files0-from -
hello
world
$ printf 'hello\0world\0' | find -files0-from -
hello
world
Have a nice day,
Berny
