| -a FILE |
read arguments from FILE, not standard input
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| -d CHARACTER |
items in input stream are separated by CHARACTER,
not by whitespace; disables quote and backslash
processing and logical EOF processing
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| -E END |
set logical EOF string; if END occurs as a line
of input, the rest of the input is ignored
(ignored if -0 or -d was specified)
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| -e |
equivalent to -E END if END is specified; otherwise, there is no end-of-file string
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| -L MAX-LINES |
use at most MAX-LINES non-blank input lines per command line
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| -n MAX-ARGS |
use at most MAX-ARGS arguments per command line
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| -P MAX-PROCS |
run at most MAX-PROCS processes at a time
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| -p |
prompt before running commands
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| -r |
if there are no arguments, then do not run COMMAND;
if this option is not given, COMMAND will be run at least once
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| -s MAX-CHARS |
limit length of command line to MAX-CHARS
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| -t |
print commands before executing them
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