From 7d51af94fa608b380f61686a2f6a7fe90e9aa1aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Neukirchen Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:21:33 +0100 Subject: Rename to xe --- README.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') 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 -- cgit 1.4.1