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Re: bin/44246: enhance mv to work better with xargs



As I see it, there are two solutions for this PR.

(a) close it with a reference to xargs(1), and the -I/-J flags.

    xargs(1) since 5.0 have the -I/-J flags, 4.x and prior do not.
    (but 4.x and prior are no longer supported.)

(b) make the proposed change.

    At least one user has suggested the feature would be useful
    outside the context of xargs(1).

(a) would be easier for me, as I wouldn't need to make the promised
corresponding changes to cp(1) and ln(1).

Other thoughts?

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