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[bug #21734] [Patch] Adding -o flag to reopen stdin as /dev/tty similar


From: James Youngman
Subject: [bug #21734] [Patch] Adding -o flag to reopen stdin as /dev/tty similar to BSD xargs
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:53 +0000
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Update of bug #21734 (project findutils):

             Assigned to:                    None => jay                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Why is it necessary to add another option to do this though?   Surely the
portable alternative 

echo foo bar | xargs sh -c 'emacs "$@" < /dev/tty' emacs

works fine, works on every platform, and is more flexible?   I attach a patch
to the xargs manpage.

(file #14572)
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Additional Item Attachment:

File name: 0002-Added-examples-on-stdin-handling-and-more-efficient.patch
Size:1 KB


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