>> eof-strings are only mentioned in the OPTIONS part, >> but there aren't any examples for this. Could some- >> body please give a real-live usecase for it? > > I cannot. But the reason why the options exists is > because of xargs compatibility.
OK, so let's forget about the "real-life" aspect. Is it correct, that the eof-thing exists, to stop processing in the middle of an input file, if the magic eof-string appears? Something like this: ---8<-------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 EOF a comment more comments -------------------------------------->8--- Thomas
