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I wonder: how do -n and -L differ in terms of use-case? Surely they must differ outside of this trivial example.

Sean Allred
– Sean Allred

2015-04-12 18:00:37 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 18:00
@SeanAllred -L differs in that it has a trailing blank feature. I just added an example illustrating it. (Your answer has my +1)

John1024
– John1024

2015-04-12 18:05:37 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2015 at 18:05
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I think Sean means, when would you use xargs -L? When is the trailing blanks feature useful?

Tor Klingberg
– Tor Klingberg

2015-04-13 14:57:43 +00:00
Commented Apr 13, 2015 at 14:57

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