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00004991003.1(2008)/Issue 7Shell and Utilitiespublic2011-10-12 09:262019-06-10 08:55
Reportergeoffclare Assigned Toajosey  
PrioritynormalSeverityEditorialTypeError
Status ClosedResolutionAccepted 
NameGeoff Clare
OrganizationThe Open Group
User Reference
Sectionxargs
Page Number3382
Line Number113189
Interp Status---
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Summary0000499: xargs -L says <blank> when it means unescaped <blank>
DescriptionClearly when the -L description says:

    A line is considered to end with the first <newline> unless the
    last character of the line is a <blank>; a trailing <blank> signals
    continuation to the next non-empty line, inclusive.

it really means an unescaped <blank>, since an escaped <blank> is part
of an argument to be passed to the utility and therefore should have
no special meaning to xargs.

(This was originally raised on the mailing list in Feb 2010 but didn't
ever get submitted as a bug.)
Desired ActionChange:

    ... is a <blank>; a trailing <blank> signals ...

to:

    ... is an unescaped <blank>; a trailing unescaped <blank> signals ...
Tagstc2-2008

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare New Issue
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Status New => Under Review
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Assigned To => ajosey
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Name => Geoff Clare
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Organization => The Open Group
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Section => xargs
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Page Number => 3382
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Line Number => 113189
2011-10-12 09:26 geoffclare Interp Status => ---
2011-10-20 15:24 Don Cragun Status Under Review => Resolved
2011-10-20 15:24 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted
2011-10-20 15:24 Don Cragun Desired Action Updated
2011-10-20 15:24 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2019-06-10 08:55 agadmin Status Resolved => Closed