Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!ALLTEL.NET-a2kHrUvQQWlmc!not-for-mail Subject: Re: Linux Shell Scripting Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc references: <113thaht9td8nduhtjhdr9onvsfgi9cdfd@4ax.com> <551E9AA1.1060905@notaserver.com> From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" organization: http://www.federalist.com message-id: <551EABD0.9070808@notaserver.com> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:03:44 -0500 user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/2015033023 Firefox/40.0 SeaMonkey/2.37a1 mime-version: 1.0 in-reply-to: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Lines: 34 X-Trace: 9576e551eabdcc7b3faaf15266 X-Received-Bytes: 2135 X-Received-Body-CRC: 605365358 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:14315 Bit Twister decreed, Read These Runes!: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:50:25 -0500, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote: >> Bit Twister decreed, Read These Runes!: >>> On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:52:11 +0100, gargoyle60 wrote: >>>> What is the purpose of the "-@" component in the following... >>>> >>>> find "/home/user" -name "syslog_20*.log" -print | zip -mj "/home/user/syslog.zip" -@ >>>> >>>> I assume that it represents the piped result of the find command? >>> >>> Good assumption. >>> "man zip" has the definition of -@ >> >> True, yet apropos \@ returns: >> >> ExtUtils::testlib [] (3) - add blib/* directories to @INC >> lib [] (3) - manipulate @INC at compile time >> libcaca [] (3) - authors - Libcaca authors Sam Hocevar >> >> main programmer Jean [] (3) - Yves Lamoureux > > Ah, but gargoyle60 showed -@ was an argument to zip, therefore the > first place to look would be in zip's man page. Gargoyle60? Google is not my friend with this one - unless I'm missing something. Not an impossibility ;-) > If it was a general purpose command line expansion question then I suggest > man $(basename $SHELL) > with a search like > /\@ -- /earth is 98% full ... please delete anyone you can.