>Number:         36154
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/xargs: conformance to susv3
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 16 12:30:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     cheusov@tut.by
>Release:        NetBSD 4.0_BETA2
>Organization:
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD chen.chizhovka.net 4.0_BETA2 NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) #10: Sun Mar 18 13:38:19 EET 2007 cheusov@chen.chizhovka.net:/srv/src-netbsd-4/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
SUS requires -I option to xargs utility. NetBSD doesn't provide it.

     -I  replstr
            [XSI] [Option Start] Insert mode: utility is executed for
            each line from standard input, taking the entire line as a
            single argument, inserting it in arguments for each occurrence
            of replstr. A maximum of five arguments in arguments can each
            contain one or more instances of replstr. Any <blank>s at the
            beginning of each line shall be ignored. Constructed arguments
            cannot grow larger than 255 bytes. Option -x shall be forced
            on. [Option End]
>Fix:
FreeBSD and OpenBSD implement this option.

P.S.
Both FreeBSD and OpenBSD implement unstandard option -J,
you may find it interesting also.

>Unformatted: