From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Mar 26 06:33:43 2014 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WSl9S-0007vh-QE for mharc-bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:33:43 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45637) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSfPQ-00045m-Hc for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:25:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSfPP-000623-84 for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:25:48 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22c]:51300) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSfPP-00061x-0b for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:25:47 -0400 Received: by mail-ig0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hn18so116952igb.5 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:25:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=489Pbyz/ORn0vX8BLMRnS+KArEGifWtOLKNb/jYX/mM=; b=fpCl7IgllPTJvW/la3j4cY9okwwV5k7So8L+7vlq/qi7NnjzI8AX+W9GBq/GLFIg/b 91l/DAW2BOwdX2ybzQvYi3emVnhYhTqCIBzsfA+V2PONaKMEkhDjDluggkFlgLAfXYBA /teazh8z8Jo6QEvP0ffIL6dwyRqAtnta0t/cai2mN6y1c6NaQnfILKW9ZIzCcbcenmhM 6lHn5iPB0GBEA4J/5adU2VL+udthF1OF6tv062MnRuU+NZ6M5b9I8w/aW9BJODE3mTxY nEdOYyUZGVa/hXCsPBnHBcwpGTHYtB66gyqIULf3kFwJsCwTsrRyhsiBAyvIPJywuTM9 r/0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.9.71 with SMTP id x7mr21666415iga.45.1395807946167; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.133.134 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:25:46 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: xargs broke on GOW 0.8.0 From: Mike Morgan To: bug-findutils@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22c X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:33:41 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: bug-findutils@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU find utilities List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:25:50 -0000 xargs is broke on the latest version of GOW 0.8.0 c:\Temp>xargs --version GNU xargs version 4.2.20 c:\Temp>head policy.out DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_D_File_Wkly DMZS_Life_P_Bkup_Bkuplp02_Wkly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Lpftp02v_Dly DMZS_Life_P_File_Lpftp03v_Dly c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -0 xargs: echo: No such file or directory c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -n0 xargs: value for -n option should be >= 1 Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--arg-file=file] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]] Report bugs to . c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs xargs: echo: No such file or directory c:\Temp>head policy.out | xargs -l xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory xargs: echo: No such file or directory I normally expect xargs to behave like this: mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat !$ cat junkfile arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat junkfile | xargs arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # cat junkfile | xargs -l arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # xargs --version xargs (GNU findutils) 4.4.0 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Eric B. Decker, James Youngman, and Kevin Dalley. Built using GNU gnulib version e5573b1bad88bfabcda181b9e0125fb0c52b7d3b mspnbu5220:/var/tmp/mike # xargs --help Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [--interactive] [--null] [-d|--delimiter=delim] [-E eof-str] [-e[eof-str]] [--eof[=eof-str]] [-L max-lines] [-l[max-lines]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [-I replace-str] [-i[replace-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [-n max-args] [--max-args=max-args] [-s max-chars] [--max-chars=max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--show-limits] [--verbose] [--exit] [--no-run-if-empty] [--arg-file=file] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]] From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Mar 26 10:25:46 2014 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WSom2-0001yA-Th for mharc-bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:25:46 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55647) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSolv-0001md-88 for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:25:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSolm-0000XO-FO for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:25:39 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-f49.google.com ([209.85.216.49]:49735) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSolm-0000XF-BA for bug-findutils@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:25:30 -0400 Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id j7so2238524qaq.36 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:25:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=pt20bfV7yT6vdfR1v7GVT3pdZVN6UbCsPc/3kLH92wE=; b=BVnZq70Ip1ydZm29UfMO8DH1ulUGETVuEr62Ab8JT11MpYU5lidZ6uVECS7+g3DoLt sfaQUUiCWxzctNqqKVgSue1h97NePXz2yddPYyHmjaYREcSyKxLh2/EwxNrj4zONFljM eujWVlJ3YG3MgpLYDs/sGA+1Nc1gVe4u7MLuu8zH4OzidODepjVpYEc68ysUk42ZWJz1 ovPstHWvnTQcj7rJ/bla5QjvLOH+J324y8qjmx3+IIM/2UQRd2aW+1Q2OEMxx1GJzu/T tivyeyWPrHHNBaHgnsBHapGWmTW9OD0PyoKlmmMLIHbgXVRmofTAcLNcDCyAV94TineR NW4g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnynTaCL/c4jRAyd8W1jN9xHWcqqLd6s0y/hd/Nj45T5EWskoK6uvFi/EmaRj2c+ULapJzF MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.112.74 with SMTP id v10mr37179276qap.57.1395843929430; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Sender: james@youngman.org Received: by 10.224.92.75 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:25:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2620:0:1040:202:1260:4bff:fe68:1c5a] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:25:29 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: P8Ok4sfN1y5UlCW2uwGyuiCYW1Q Message-ID: Subject: Re: xargs broke on GOW 0.8.0 From: James Youngman To: Mike Morgan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.216.49 Cc: "bug-findutils@gnu.org" X-BeenThere: bug-findutils@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU find utilities List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:25:45 -0000 Your implementation of GOW (whatever that is) is broken, since there is no "echo" binary on the path. If there is an echo binary available, perhaps it's just your user configuration (value of $PATH) which is broken. You also appear to be using a very very old version of findutils (4.2.20 was released on 2005-03-17). James.