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XIN(1) User Manual XIN(1) NAME xin - split standard input and pipe into a command SYNOPSIS xin [ -h | -v ] xin [ -b size | -l lines | -p size | -f code ] -e command [ arguments... ] DESCRIPTION xin reads from standard input and splits the data up into sections, piping each section to a separate command. If both -b and -l are used xin will split the section as soon as either limit is reached. A command will only be executed when there is data waiting to be written. If command exits or closes the pipe before the entire section is written an error will occur and xin will exit. There is no way of recovering from this situation without losing data since xin cannot know if the data has been read and processed - this is a limitation of pipes. A size may have a multiplier suffix: 'b' for 512, 'k' for 1024, and 'm' for 1024k. OPTIONS -b, --bytes Limit each section to size bytes. -l, --lines Limit each section to lines lines. -p, --padding Zero extend any section of input written to command to a multiple of size bytes. This option can be used by itself for padding a data stream without splitting. The default is no padding. -f, --fatal-code When command exits with error code xin will exit with a fatal error. The default is 255. -e, --exec Use to denote the end of xin arguments and the beginning of command. -V, --version Display version and exit. -h, --help Display usage information and exit. AUTHOR Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au> SEE ALSO split(1). http://www.kyne.com.au/~mark/software.html v1.0.0 April 18, 2001 XIN(1)
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