# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. # Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and # the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. # You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| xpipe: xpipe (split input and feed it into the given utility) xpipe: xpipe: The xpipe command reads input from stdin and splits it by the given xpipe: number of bytes, lines, or if matching the given pattern. It then xpipe: invokes the given utility repeatedly, feeding it the generated data xpipe: chunks as input. You can think of it as a Unix love-child of the xpipe: split(1), tee(1), and xargs(1) commands. xpipe: xpipe: xpipe: xpipe: