apply runs the named
command on each argument
argument in turn.
Character sequences of the form “
%d” in
command, where “
d” is a digit from 1 to 9, are replaced by the
d́th following unused
argument. In this case, the largest digit number of arguments are discarded for each execution of
command.
The options are as follows:
-#
Normally arguments are taken singly; the optional number
-# specifies the number of arguments to be passed to
command. If the number is zero,
command is run, without arguments, once for each
argument.
If any sequences of “
%d” occur in command, the
-# option is ignored.
-ac
The use of the character “%” as a magic character may be changed with the -a option.