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On 01/06/2015 05:06 PM, Paul wrote:
> | alias xargs=3D'xargs '
> |=20
> | Then the alias expansion of xargs will in turn allow alias expansion
> | of the next argument.  (Except that you then have to also create
> | trailing-space aliases for all options you commonly pass to xargs
> | between 'xargs' and the final command name).
>=20
> I'm not sure what you mean by needing trailing space aliases for
> common xargs options, but I'm going to take that as a warning of
> dragons lurking in that direction and avoid it.

I mean that:

alias xargs=3D'xargs '
alias ls=3D'ls --append-exe'
find -pa pdfcrop | xargs ls

will execute 'ls --append-exe', but

alias xargs=3D'xargs '
alias ls=3D'ls --append-exe'
find -pa pdfcrop -print0 | xargs -0 ls

will not, unless you also:

alias -- -0=3D'-0 '

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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