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authorBo Borgerson <gigabo@gmail.com>2008-04-03 18:42:57 -0400
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-06-17 08:50:41 +0200
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downloadcoreutils-322c6f2e5cd3d09ed31d9d8dea2310d70f47842a.tar.xz
sort: add new option --files0-from=F
* src/sort.c: Support new option. * tests/misc/sort-files0-from: Test new option. * tests/misc/Makefile.am: Indicate new test. * docs/coreutils.texi: Explain new option. * NEWS: Advertise new option. Signed-off-by: Bo Borgerson <gigabo@gmail.com>
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
md5sum now accepts the new option, --quiet, to suppress the printing of
'OK' messages. sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too.
+ sort accepts a new option, --files0-from=F, that specifies a file
+ containing a null-separated list of files to sort. This list is used
+ instead of filenames passed on the command-line to avoid problems with
+ maximum command-line (argv) length.
+
** Bug fixes
chcon --verbose now prints a newline after each message