Re: Re: xargs mock run

> On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 07:27:24PM +0200, oset <oset@#$%^&*> wrote:    I would appreciate you to not include someones email address in a public mail list letter. I have enough spam, I do not need more.   > You can. Just replace the actual command with "sh -c 'echo ACTUAL_COMMAND'".   I cannot. That is not the same. I dont know what it does, but not what I wanted, not what I was talking about.   ~~~  $ echo a > a.txt; echo bb > b.txt  $ sh -c 'echo * | xargs gzip -k'   ~~~   There is nothing here.    What I expected to see/get was:   ~~~  $ echo * | xargs --dry-run gzip -k  gzip -k a.txt b.txt   $ ls  a.txt b.txt  ~~~   No change, just print commands xargs intended to run, but not run them.   There is analogue command in gmake:         -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon              Print the commands that would be executed, but do not execute them (except in certain circumstances).   That's what I was talking about.