Re: xargs prompts with the same string, but executes differently

[Eric Blake]

On 7/29/19 1:49 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> P.S.,
> $ xargs --help
>   -I R                         same as --replace=R
>   -i, --replace[=R]            replace R in INITIAL-ARGS with names read
>                                  from standard input; if R is unspecified,
>                                  assume {}
> ...
> 
> Don't you want to mention one is deprecated? Or even remove the
> deprecated one from --help entirely?

Just because POSIX deprecated -i doesn't mean we have to.  We fully
support both -i and -I, with no plans to deprecate either one.

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