Re: Why can't I use xargs emacs?

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From: Bit Twister
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:14

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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:22:17 +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> The emacs command can take a list of filename arguments, so why can't
> I get xargs to work with it?
>
> $ find -name '*.txt' |xargs emacs -nw
> emacs: standard input is not a tty
>
> $ grep -rl 'foo' some/path  |xargs emacs -nw
> emacs: standard input is not a tty


Maybe it's the -nw switch. Try
      find -name '*.txt' |xargs emacs

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