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    APPLY(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 APPLY(1)

    NAME
         apply - apply a command to a set of arguments

    SYNOPSIS
         apply [ -ac ] [ -n ] command args ...

    DESCRIPTION
         Apply runs the named command on each argument arg in turn.
         Normally arguments are chosen singly; the optional number n
         specifies the number of arguments to be passed to command.
         If n is zero, command is run without arguments once for each
         arg. Character sequences of the form %d in command, where d
         is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the d'th following
         unused arg. If any such sequences occur, n is ignored, and
         the number of arguments passed to command is the maximum
         value of d in command. The character `%' may be changed by
         the -a option.

         Examples:
    	  apply echo *
         is similar to ls(1);
    	  apply -2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 ...
         compares the `a' files to the `b' files;
    	  apply -0 who 1 2 3 4 5
         runs who(1) 5 times; and
    	  apply 'ln %1 /usr/joe' *
         links all files in the current directory to the directory
         /usr/joe.

    SEE ALSO
         sh(1)

    AUTHOR
         Rob Pike

    BUGS
         Shell metacharacters in command may have bizarre effects; it
         is best to enclose complicated commands in single quotes
         ' '.

         There is no way to pass a literal `%2' if `%' is the argu-
         ment expansion character.

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         1

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