145 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
145 lines
3.9 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)apply.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/4/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 17, 2004
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.Dt APPLY 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm apply
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.Nd apply a command to a set of arguments
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a Ar c
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl #
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.Ar command argument ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility runs the named
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.Ar command
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on each
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argument
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.Ar argument
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in turn.
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.Pp
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Character sequences of the form
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.Dq Li \&%d
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in
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.Ar command ,
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where
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.Sq Li d
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is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the
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.Li d Ns \'th
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following unused
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.Ar argument .
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In this case, the largest digit number of arguments are discarded for
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each execution of
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.Ar command .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl #
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Normally arguments are taken singly; the optional number
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.Fl #
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specifies the number of arguments to be passed to
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.Ar command .
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If the number is zero,
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.Ar command
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is run, without arguments, once for each
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.Ar argument .
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.Pp
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If any sequences of
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.Dq Li \&%d
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occur in
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.Ar command ,
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the
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.Fl #
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option is ignored.
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.It Fl a Ar c
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The use of the character
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.Sq Li %
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as a magic character may be changed with the
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.Fl a
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option.
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.It Fl d
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Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not actually
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execute them.
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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The following environment variable affects the execution of
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.Nm :
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.Bl -tag -width SHELL
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.It Ev SHELL
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Pathname of shell to use.
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If this variable is not defined, the Bourne shell is used.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bl -tag -width apply -compact
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.It Li "apply echo a*"
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is similar to
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.Xr ls 1 ;
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.It Li "apply \-2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3"
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compares the `a' files to the `b' files;
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.It Li "apply \-0 who 1 2 3 4 5"
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runs
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.Xr who 1
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5 times; and
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.It Li "apply \'ln %1 /usr/joe\'" *
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links all files in the current directory to the directory
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.Pa /usr/joe .
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /bin/sh -compact
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.It Pa /bin/sh
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default shell
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Rob Pike
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.Sh BUGS
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Shell metacharacters in
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.Ar command
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may have bizarre effects; it is best to enclose complicated
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commands in single quotes
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.Pq '' .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility does not recognize multibyte characters.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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