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30 .\" @(#)apply.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/4/94
37 .Nd apply a command to a set of arguments
42 .Ar command argument ...
52 Character sequences of the form
58 is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the
62 In this case, the largest digit number of arguments are discarded for
66 The options are as follows:
69 Normally arguments are taken singly; the optional number
71 specifies the number of arguments to be passed to
73 If the number is zero,
75 is run, without arguments, once for each
84 The use of the character
86 as a magic character may be changed with the
91 The following environment variable affects the execution of
95 Pathname of shell to use.
96 If this variable is not defined, the Bourne shell is used.
99 .Bl -tag -width /bin/sh -compact
104 .Bl -tag -width apply -compact
105 .It Li "apply echo *"
108 .It Li "apply \-2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3"
109 compares the `a' files to the `b' files;
110 .It Li "apply \-0 who 1 2 3 4 5"
114 .It Li "apply \'ln %1 /usr/joe\'" *
115 links all files in the current directory to the directory
126 Shell metacharacters in
128 may have bizarre effects; it is best to enclose complicated
129 commands in single quotes