MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

xargs(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities xargs(1)
EXAMPLES
The following displays file names in three columns:
ls | xargs -n 3 echo
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
xargs uses the following environment variable:
PATH
contains a list of directories that constitute your search path.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are:
0 Successful completion of all commands.
1-125 An error occurred.
126 xargs found command but could not invoke it.
127 xargs could not find command.
Messages
Message: -l number too large
Cause: You specified the –l option with a numeric argument that was greater than
1023.
Action: Specify an argument to the –l option that is less than 1024.
Message: -n number too large
Cause: You specified the –n option with a numeric argument that was greater than
1023.
Action: Specify an argument to the –n option that is less than 1024.
Message: command: not executable: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Missing number after "–option" option
Cause: You specified –option without providing a numeric argument.
Action: Provide the missing number.
Message: more than num arguments
Cause: You specified more than 1023 arguments on the command line.
Action: Specify less than 1024 arguments.
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