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The forstdin program
forstdin uses its input as loop elements to
run another program.
Interface
In an execlineb script:
forstdin [ -p | -o okcodes | -x breakcodes ] [ -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d delim ] variable loop...
- forstdin reads its standard input as it becomes available,
splitting it automatically.
- For every argument x in the split output,
forstdin runs loop... as a child process, with
variable=x added to its environment.
- forstdin then exits 0.
Options
- -p : parallel mode. Do not wait for a loop...
instance to finish before spawning the next one. forstdin will
still wait for all instances of loop to terminate before
exiting, though.
- -0 : accept null characters on its stdin,
using them as delimiters. If this option and a -d option are
used simultaneously, the rightmost one wins.
- -o okcodes : okcodes must
be a comma-separated list of exit codes. If the -p flag
hasn't been given and loop exits with one of the codes in
okcodes,
forstdin will run the following instances of the loop, but if the exit code is
not listed in okcodes, forstdin will exit immediately with an
approximation of the same exit code.
- -x breakcodes : like the previous
option, but with inverted meaning - the listed exit codes are codes
that will make forstdin break the loop and exit, and the unlisted exit
codes will make it keep looping.
- Other options are used to control
the substitution mechanism for every x. Of course, you can't
split x.
Notes
- You can start loop... with "import -u variable"
to perform variable substitution.