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authorChristian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>2016-02-11 13:23:18 +0100
committerChristian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>2016-02-11 13:28:32 +0100
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Over apply:
 ## Usage:
 
 	xe [-0FRnv] [-I arg] [-N maxargs] [-j maxjobs] COMMAND...
+	   | -f ARGFILE COMMAND...
 	   | -s SHELLSCRIPT
 	   | -a COMMAND... -- ARGS...
 	   | -A ARGSEP COMMAND... ARGSEP ARGS...
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ Over apply:
   `-j0` will run as many processes as there are CPU cores running.
 * `COMMAND...`: default operation: each command line argument is
   passed as-is, `{}` is replaced by the argument (not with `-N` > 1).
+* `-f ARGFILE`: Read arguments from ARGFILE, do not close standard input.
 * `-s SHELLSCRIPT`: The argument `SHELLSCRIPT` is evaluated using `/bin/sh`
   with the arguments (up to `-N`) passed as `$1`, `$2`, `$3`...
   (this behaves as if `/bin/sh -c SHELLSCRIPT -` is passed as plain COMMAND).