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diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi index e2e746a6..c634fa72 100644 --- a/doc/find.texi +++ b/doc/find.texi @@ -2478,11 +2478,13 @@ However, if the command needs to have its standard input be a terminal substitution method or use either the @samp{--arg-file} option or the @samp{--open-tty} option of @code{xargs}. -The @code{xargs} command will process all its input, building command -lines and executing them, unless one of the commands exits with a -status of 255 (this will cause xargs to issue an error message and -stop) or it reads a line contains the end of file string specified -with the @samp{--eof} option. +The @code{xargs} command will usually process all of its input, +building command lines and executing them. +The processing stops earlier and immediately if the tool reads a line containing +the end-of-file marker string specified with the @samp{--eof} option, +or if one of the launched commands exits with a status of 255. +The latter will cause @code{xargs} to issue an error message and exit with +status 124. @menu * Unsafe File Name Handling:: |