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[https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/xargs.1.html xargs] is a unix command for assigning various inputs to different pther unix commands. | [https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/xargs.1.html xargs] is a unix command for assigning various inputs to different pther unix commands. | ||
=Executing one line at a time= | |||
To execute commands for each of the line feed, use the following option:<code>-n 1</code>. For example: | To execute commands for each of the line feed, use the following option:<code>-n 1</code>. For example: | ||
ls | xargs -n 1 echo {} | ls | xargs -n 1 echo {} | ||
Note that <code>{}</code> is the placeholder for content piped from the previous process. | |||
=Accepting special separators== | |||
In certain cases, when the input data embeds separators, one needs to turn on the <code>-0</code> option. For example: | |||
ls | xargs -0 -n 1 cp {} /targetDirectory | |||
=Related Pages= | =Related Pages= | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 14 January 2022
xargs is a unix command for assigning various inputs to different pther unix commands.
Executing one line at a time
To execute commands for each of the line feed, use the following option:-n 1. For example:
ls | xargs -n 1 echo {}
Note that {} is the placeholder for content piped from the previous process.
Accepting special separators=
In certain cases, when the input data embeds separators, one needs to turn on the -0 option. For example:
ls | xargs -0 -n 1 cp {} /targetDirectory
Related Pages
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