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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-27 06:26:23 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-27 06:26:23 +0000
commita51024e28998b32f061ee6ce17f94ad483f2bfeb (patch)
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Use err(3) instead of local redefinition.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=28826
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diff --git a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
index ab1064754824..a2911a0c6bdb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
.Op Ar utility Op Ar arguments ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited arguments
from the standard input and executes the specified
.Ar utility
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl 0
Changes
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
to expect NUL
(``\\0'')
characters as seperators, instead of spaces and newlines.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Echo the command to be executed to standard error immediately before it
is executed.
.It Fl x
Force
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
to terminate immediately if a command line containing
.Ar number
arguments will not fit in the specified (or default) command line length.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Undefined behavior may occur if
reads from the standard input.
.Pp
The
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
utility exits immediately (without processing any further input) if a
command line cannot be assembled,
.Ar utility
@@ -151,22 +151,22 @@ cannot be invoked, an invocation of the utility is terminated by a signal
or an invocation of the utility exits with a value of 255.
.Pp
The
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
utility exits with a value of 0 if no error occurs.
If
.Ar utility
cannot be invoked,
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
exits with a value of 127.
If any other error occurs,
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
exits with a value of 1.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr echo 1 ,
.Xr find 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm xargs
+.Nm
utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compliant.