Re: Xargs Incorrect number of lines “-I”

[James Youngman]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Titkov, Sergey
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I apologize for my English.
>
> I am running the commands.
> All commands are executed sequentially.
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
> Active code page: 1251
>
> c:\Program Files\Unix Tools\TEST>xargs.exe --version
> GNU xargs version 4.2.20


> Three files.
> Why xargs shows number of different files?

I'm not sure.   Can you reproduce the same problem with a plan text
file (containing the dir /B ouput) as input to xargs?   What's the
exit code of xargs in this case?    Are you using Cygwin?   If yes,
try asking for help on the Cygwin mailing list.

Thanks,
James.