apply(1)                                                 apply(1)



     NAME
          apply - apply a command to a set of arguments

     SYNOPSIS
          apply [-ac] [-n] command args ...

     DESCRIPTION
          apply runs the named command on each argument arg in turn.
          Normally arguments are chosen singly; the optional number n
          specifies the number of arguments to be passed to command.
          If n is zero, command is run without arguments once for each
          arg. Character sequences of the form %d in command, where d
          is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the d'th following
          unused arg. If any such sequences occur, n is ignored, and
          the number of arguments passed to command is the maximum
          value of d in command. The character ``%'' may be changed by
          the -a flag option.

     EXAMPLES
               apply echo *
          is similar to ls(1);
               apply -2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2...
          compares the `a' files to the `b' files;
               apply -0 who 1 2 3 4 5
          runs who(1) 5 times; and
               apply 'ln %1 /usr/joe' *
          links all files in the current directory to the directory
          /usr/joe.

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/apply

     SEE ALSO
          csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1).

     BUGS
          Shell metacharacters in command may have bizarre effects; it
          is best to enclose complicated commands in single quotes
          ' '.

          There is no way to pass a literal `%2' if `%' is the
          argument expansion character.













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