[PATCH 28/42] xargs.1: access ' character portably

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:48:18 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251119034818.7qklqi6w6k5cmw57@illithid>

---
 xargs/xargs.1 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1
index eb679f2f..276965b9 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 .TH XARGS 1 2024-06-03 findutils \" -*- nroff -*-
 .ie \n(.g \{\
+.  ds '  \(aq
 .  ds en \(en
 .  ds ~~ \~
 .\}
 .el \{\
+.  ds '  '
 .  ds en \-
 .  ds ~~ \ \" backslash, space
 .\}
@@ -546,7 +548,8 @@ .SH "BUGS"
 to ensure that very long lines do not occur.
 For example:
 .P
-.B somecommand | xargs \-s 50000 echo | xargs \-I '{}' \-s 100000 rm '{}'
+.B somecommand | xargs \-s 50000 echo | xargs \-I \*'{}\*' \-s 100000 \
+rm \*'{}\*'
 .P
 Here, the first invocation of
 .B xargs
-- 
2.30.2

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