-restore_original applied to a list of files

[alkazaa]

I tried to apply "-restore_original" on a list of files. I executed

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exiftool -v -restore_original $(< aaa.txt)and obtained

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======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4088.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4108.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4110.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4115.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4117.xmp
======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4197.xmp
    7 image files found
    0 original files foundwhere the 7 files listed are the ones given in aaa.txt. Nothing happened, although all *.xmp_original files existed.

For a single file directly specified in the exiftool command it works:

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exiftool -v -restore_original /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmpgives

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======== /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmp
Restored from /volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmp_original
    1 image files found
    1 image files restored from original
What am I missing?

EDIT:
It does work. Don't know what I missed in the first place. Sorry.
How can I remove this post?

[StarGeek]

Try
exiftool -v -restore_original -@ aaa.txt

Also, to verify, the contents of aaa.txt is

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/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4088.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4108.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4110.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4115.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4117.xmp
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4197.xmp
and not

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/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4088.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4107.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4108.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4110.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4115.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4117.xmp_original
/volume1/photo/Franjo/RAF_Fotos/2013/07Juli/_DSF4197.xmp_original