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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 [ argu- ments... ] 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 com- mand will only be executed when there is data waiting to be written. If command exits or closes the pipe before the entire section is writ- ten an error will occur and xin will exit. There is no way of recover- ing 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 <http://www.kyne.com.au/~mark/software.html> v1.0.0 April 18, 2001 XIN(1)
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