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From: Paul <Paul DOT Domaskis AT gmail DOT com>
Subject: Re: Unexpected results: dirs =?utf-8?b?fA==?= xargs -n 1 cygpath -aw
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:09:47 +0000 (UTC)
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Sorry, this is a re-post.  I did not completely sanitize the last post, 
leading to inconsistent info.  Unfortunately, I can't edit or retract a 
post from a mailing list.  Here is the self-consistent post:

I'm doing something wrong with xargs.  If I simply use "cygpath -aw" with 2 
arguments, it works fine:

   $cygpath -aw ~/projects/project1 ~/projects/project2

      C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project1
      C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project2

If I use "xargs -n 1" with echo, it works fine:

   $dirs | xargs echo

      ~/projects/project1 ~/projects/project2

   $dirs | xargs -n 1 echo

      ~/projects/project1
      ~/projects/project2

However, if I use xargs with cygpath, it doesn't:

   $dirs | xargs -n 1 cygpath -aw

      C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project1\~\projects\project1
      C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project1\~\projects\project2

Thanks if anyone can explain what I'm doing wrong.


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