[bug #39824] Add suggestion 'ls | tr \\n \\0 | xargs -0 command' to xargs man page

[James Youngman]

Update of bug #39824 (project findutils):

             Assigned to:                    None => jay                    
                 Summary: Add suggestion 'ls | tr \\n \\0 | xargs -0 command'
to xargs man page => Add suggestion 'ls | tr \n \0 | xargs -0 command' to
xargs man page

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Follow-up Comment #2:

I don't think the suggested extra paragraph is an improvement, really.  
Solving the problem for whitespace-but-not-newlines only solves part of the
problem.   Examples in manpages should, as far as possible, not come with
pitfalls.

Lack of a -0 option isn't a problem in the case you suggest (since the program
being invoked, xargs, has -0).   Even if it did lack that option, the "tr"
approach is suboptimal compared to, for example

find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -regex regexp -exec stat {} \+


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