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S Sep 13, 2021 at 7:59 history edited AdminBee CC BY-SA 4.0
Rephrase for clarity
S Sep 13, 2021 at 7:59 history suggested Kevin E CC BY-SA 4.0
The '-o' / '--open-tty' option was introduced in GNU findutils 4.6.0; update answer to mention that any recent GNU 'xargs' should have parity with macOS/BSD for this option
Sep 12, 2021 at 16:18 comment added Kevin E @BigMcLargeHuge as of 4.6.0, which was back in 2017, so any recent installation of GNU findutils should have this option now.
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S Sep 13, 2021 at 7:59
Jul 10, 2021 at 20:21 comment added Big McLargeHuge The -o (also --open-tty) has been ported to xargs (GNU findutils) 4.8.0.
Oct 21, 2020 at 12:41 comment added darw Without dummy string: '<dev/tty "$0" "$@"' vim
S Nov 3, 2018 at 2:57 history suggested wisbucky CC BY-SA 4.0
Previous answer left off the "dummy" string that is required for solution to work.
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Mar 20, 2017 at 10:18 history edited CommunityBot
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Jul 31, 2012 at 22:22 comment added cas +1 thanks for the -o tip. i've been using xargs for years and never noticed that....just checked the man page on my system, that's because it's not a GNU xargs feature. The man page does provide xargs sh -c 'emacs "$@" < /dev/tty' emacs as what they claim is a more flexible and portable alternative (although it's kind of funny for GNU to be prefer portability to features :).
Jul 31, 2012 at 21:20 history answered darnir CC BY-SA 3.0