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33 .Nd apply a command to a set of arguments
39 .Ar command argument ...
43 utility runs the named
50 Character sequences of the form
56 is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the
60 In this case, the largest digit number of arguments are discarded for
64 The options are as follows:
65 .Bl -tag -width indent
67 Normally arguments are taken singly; the optional number
69 specifies the number of arguments to be passed to
71 If the number is zero,
73 is run, without arguments, once for each
84 The use of the character
86 as a magic character may be changed with the
90 Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not actually
94 The following environment variable affects the execution of
98 Pathname of shell to use.
99 If this variable is not defined, the Bourne shell is used.
102 .Bl -tag -width /bin/sh -compact
107 .Bl -tag -width apply -compact
108 .It Li "apply echo *"
111 .It Li "apply \-2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 a3 b3"
112 compares the `a' files to the `b' files;
113 .It Li "apply \-0 who 1 2 3 4 5"
117 .It Li "apply \'ln %1 /usr/joe\'" *
118 links all files in the current directory to the directory
129 Shell metacharacters in
131 may have bizarre effects; it is best to enclose complicated
132 commands in single quotes
137 utility does not recognize multibyte characters.