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| author | Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> | 2015-10-29 18:21:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> | 2015-10-29 18:21:33 +0100 |
| commit | 7d51af94fa608b380f61686a2f6a7fe90e9aa1aa (patch) | |
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| parent | ad057ce306790a6bf54808cb7c06a37111a8baa3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f806369..9cbab20 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -## xa: simple xargs and apply replacement +## xe: simple xargs and apply replacement -`xa` is a new tool for constructing command lines from file listings +`xe` is a new tool for constructing command lines from file listings or arguments, which includes the best features of `xargs(1)` and `apply(1)`. +`xe` means "execute for every ...". + ## Benefits Over xargs: @@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ Over apply: ## Usage: - xa [-0nv] [-I arg] [-N maxargs] [-j maxjobs] COMMAND... + xe [-0nv] [-I arg] [-N maxargs] [-j maxjobs] COMMAND... | -s SHELLSCRIPT | -a COMMAND... -- ARGS... | -A ARGSEP COMMAND... ARGSEP ARGS... @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ You can also just copy the binary into your `PATH`. ## Copyright -xa is in the public domain. +xe is in the public domain. To the extent possible under law, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> |