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Diffstat (limited to 'xargs/xargs.1')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1 index 2d6f4901..87450992 100644 --- a/xargs/xargs.1 +++ b/xargs/xargs.1 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ message is issued on stderr when this happens. .B \-0, \-\-null Input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every -character is taken literally). Disables the end of file string, which +character is taken literally). Disables the end-of-file string, which is treated like any other argument. Useful when input items might contain white space, quote marks, or backslashes. The GNU find \-print0 option produces input suitable for this mode. @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ where this is possible. .TP .BI \-E " eof-str" -Set the end of file string to \fIeof-str\fR. If the end of file +Set the end-of-file string to \fIeof-str\fR. If the end-of-file string occurs as a line of input, the rest of the input is ignored. If neither .B \-E nor .B \-e -is used, no end of file string is used. +is used, no end-of-file string is used. .TP .BR \-e "[\fIeof-str\fR], " "\-\-eof" [\fI=eof-str\fR] This option is a synonym for the @@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ option. Use .B \-E instead, because it is POSIX compliant while this option is not. If -\fIeof-str\fR is omitted, there is no end of file string. If neither +\fIeof-str\fR is omitted, there is no end-of-file string. If neither .B \-E nor .B \-e -is used, no end of file string is used. +is used, no end-of-file string is used. .TP .BI \-I " replace-str" Replace occurrences of \fIreplace-str\fR in the initial-arguments with |