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On 01/06/2015 05:06 PM, Paul wrote: > | alias xargs='xargs ' > | > | Then the alias expansion of xargs will in turn allow alias expansion > | of the next argument. (Except that you then have to also create > | trailing-space aliases for all options you commonly pass to xargs > | between 'xargs' and the final command name). > > I'm not sure what you mean by needing trailing space aliases for > common xargs options, but I'm going to take that as a warning of > dragons lurking in that direction and avoid it. I mean that: alias xargs='xargs ' alias ls='ls --append-exe' find -pa pdfcrop | xargs ls will execute 'ls --append-exe', but alias xargs='xargs ' alias ls='ls --append-exe' find -pa pdfcrop -print0 | xargs -0 ls will not, unless you also: alias -- -0='-0 ' -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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