Nils Philippsen wrote:
how about this "xargs for the poor" (could be changed a bit and put
into /etc/init.d/functions):
--- 8< ---
FILES=/etc/sysconfig/makedev.d/*.nodes
MAXNR=100
COMMAND="MAKEDEV -x"
NR=$MAXNR
ARGS=""
cat $FILES | while read line; do
if [ "$NR" -gt 0 ]; then
ARGS="$ARGS $line"
NR=$[$NR - 1]
else
$COMMAND $ARGS
NR=$MAXNR
ARGS="$line"
fi
done
if [ -n "$ARGS" ]; then
$COMMAND $ARGS
fi
--- >8 ---
Nils
what about this one? :)
for i in /etc/sysconfig/makedev.d/*.nodes; do
MAKEDEV -x $(cat "$i")
done
