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   :umu: :umu: (a1ba@suya.place)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:26:52 JST :umu: :umu:
   when I was a noob, I thought x in xargs means x11
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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:26:57 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @a1ba it's not?
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     :umu: :umu: (a1ba@suya.place)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:27:42 JST :umu: :umu:

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     @hj I think x means execute after all
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     Christmas Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:28:51 JST Christmas Sun

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     @a1ba @hj I thought it meant extended or something!
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     :umu: :umu: (a1ba@suya.place)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:31:54 JST :umu: :umu:

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     @sun @hj or maybe extend actually. Wikipedia says extend
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     kirby (kirby@freerobuxextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:37:05 JST kirby

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     @a1ba @hj @sun actually wikipedgja says extended

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:56:17 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @a1ba And given it appeared in PWB UNIX (1977), xargs is older than even X Windows by like a decade.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 00:13:39 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @a1ba Which is also a bit funny to me when austin-group (aka POSIX) is currently discussing "xargs future directions", one of the oldest tools in the shed and still gets future additions and changes.