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 option. 

EXAMPLES

apply echo ∗
is similar to ls(1).

apply −2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 ... 
compares the ai files to the bi files. 

apply −0 who 1 2 3 4 5
runs who(1) 5 times.

apply ´ln %1 /usr/joe´ ∗
links all files in the current directory to the directory /usr/joe. 

SEE ALSO

sh(1)

AUTHOR

Rob Pike

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. 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R