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 dth 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
          The command

             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/mcfong` *

          links all files in the current directory to the directory
          /usr/mcfong.

     FILES
          /usr/ucb/apply

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






     April, 1990                                                     1