Markup fixes.

Add a FreeBSD-specific -S flag which controls the maximum size of an argument
having replacements done in it via -I.

Wording tweaks.

PR: not quite docs/84620
MFC after: 2 weeks

Sync program's usage() with manpage's SYNOPSIS.

Added the EXIT STATUS section where appropriate.

Document incorrect handling of multibyte characters with -I and -J options.

Fix spelling error in my own paragraph.

Markup bits.

Approved by: re (blanket)

Add a new -o option to tell xargs(1) to reopen /dev/tty as stdin in
the child process, before executing the command. This is very useful
when you do stuff like ``find ... | xargs interactive_applica

Add a new -o option to tell xargs(1) to reopen /dev/tty as stdin in
the child process, before executing the command. This is very useful
when you do stuff like ``find ... | xargs interactive_application''.
Without -o, the application would inherit the pipe as its stdin, and
you thus lose any control over it.

This flag has been carefully chosen to not conflit with other options
of other xargs utilities like GNU xargs.

Reviewed by: jmallett

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Extend our -R extension which sets the number of arguments in which -I will
replace to support magic values less than zero, which mean to just go nuts
and expand as many as we want.

MFC after: 2 wee

Extend our -R extension which sets the number of arguments in which -I will
replace to support magic values less than zero, which mean to just go nuts
and expand as many as we want.

MFC after: 2 weeks

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A few changes for clarity.

PR: 47170
Submitted by: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@attbi.com> (original version)

english(4) police.

mdoc(7) police: most -mdoc macros can take multiple arguments.

Add the -P option which executes multiple copies of the specified utility
in parallel. Idea from GNU xargs.

When giving an example that relies on shell expansion/globbing, don't use a
replstr for -J that will be interpereted by the shell.

MFC after: 1 day

Note that this appeared at least as early as PWB UNIX.

Use the literal string 'PWB UNIX', as we still have no .At macro for it.

mdoc(7) police: punctuation, miscellaneous.

Fix a "tiny and squeeby and little" markup mistake.

Submitted by: fenner

Modify the -p implementation to use a user's locale, so they can respond to
the prompt in their native language.

Also make the prompt fit what POSIX asks for (?...).

This should not affect use of -

Modify the -p implementation to use a user's locale, so they can respond to
the prompt in their native language.

Also make the prompt fit what POSIX asks for (?...).

This should not affect use of -p with yes(1) [as every locale I know of matches
'y' as YESEXPR as well], but that's what -t is for anyway. -p is meant to be
really used interactively.

Submitted by: tjr, jmallett

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A markup fix, and document -R as non-standard.

Make -J a proper flag internal to the code (rather than just check for
use of replstr and lack of Iflag), and add -R, which when given with
-I controls the number of arguments on which replacement wi

Make -J a proper flag internal to the code (rather than just check for
use of replstr and lack of Iflag), and add -R, which when given with
-I controls the number of arguments on which replacement will be done.

Some people happen to think it's idiotic to limit to 5 arguments, so
let the user override it if they like.

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Merge xargs(1) with that of xMach.

Bring in xargs(1) changes to add -L and -I as per the Single Unix Specification
version 3. Proper exit status numbers are implemented, and the

After 3 months...

Merge xargs(1) with that of xMach.

Bring in xargs(1) changes to add -L and -I as per the Single Unix Specification
version 3. Proper exit status numbers are implemented, and the manual page has
been updated to reflect reality.

The code has been ANSIfied, and a new file has been added to xargs(1) to do the
substring substitution as SUSv3 requires.

Traditional behaviour should not be affected, use of -J should be deprecated
in favor of the more portable -I (though -J has been left, for now).

Submitted by: me, tjr (the exit status stuff)
Obtained from: xMach

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Spelling police: extention -> extension.

Add a -J replstr option that allows the user to tell xargs to insert
the data read from standard input at a specific point in the command
line arguments rather than at the end.

Submitted by: dd, gad

Add a -J replstr option that allows the user to tell xargs to insert
the data read from standard input at a specific point in the command
line arguments rather than at the end.

Submitted by: dd, gad
Reviewed by: gad, brian

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Alphabetize command-line options in the synopsis.