[GRASS-user] skripting with xargs: bug or feature ?

[Glynn Clements]

peter.loewe at gmx.de wrote:

> I just stumbled over this one:
> 
> For some reason, xargs can't be used when LOTS of filenames have to be concatenated in a GRASS script.
> 
> The example attempts to collect all raster layers with a 6-character name to stack them into 
> a volume.
> 
> g.mlist type=rast pattern='??????' sep=, |xargs r.to.rast3 input={} output=The_volume

You need to pass -i or -I'{}' to xargs to have the input substituted
in place of the {}. Otherwise, it will just be appended.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>