Raul Miller <[email protected]> writes: > The problem here is that you currently can't get xargs to use newline > as a separator without also getting spaces as a separator. This > creates a variety of problems.
I see. I've always used -0 in this case, can't recall any times where this didn't solve the problem. You use case sounds unusual. Without knowing the details, I'd suggest using additional filters e.g. maybe tr(1), before/after xargs. Allan
