From 8b710c8969cf38b432fe81931fcce5ea8c8ba05c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John Ankarstr\\xf6m" Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 09:28:28 +0200 Subject: each: Support |, &&, || separators --- each.1 | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'each.1') diff --git a/each.1 b/each.1 index 9790be4..00780be 100644 --- a/each.1 +++ b/each.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm each .Ar command -.Op Ar \\\\; command ... +.Op Ar separator command ... . .Sh DESCIPTION .Pp @@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ runs each given .Ar command for every line read on standard input. -With a command, the contents of the line is assigned to the variable +.Ar separator +is one of +.Ql \&; , +.Ql | , +.Ql && +and +.Ql || . +.Pp +Within a command, the contents of the line is assigned to the variable .Ev x , which can be accessed with the normal shell variable interpolation syntax, except you need to put a plus sign after the dollar sign: @@ -30,9 +38,9 @@ $+{x%%.*} .Ed .Pp This syntax generally doesn't need to be quoted -when entered in the Bourne shell +when entered in the Bourne or Korn shells (unless you need to put commas inside the curly braces -or have files who names begin with +or have files whose names begin with .Ql $+ ) . .Sh AUTHORS .Pp -- cgit v1.2.3