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xargs

Passing multiple parameters via xargs

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

I’d like to be able to use xargs to execute multiple parameters in different parts of a command.

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When is xargs needed?

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

The xargs command always confuses me. Is there a general rule for it?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, xargs Leave a comment

How can I find files and then use xargs to move them?

August 11, 2022 by Magenaut

I want to find some files and then move them.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags find, rename, xargs Leave a comment

Why does xargs strip quotes from input?

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

Why does xargs strip quotes from input text?

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GNU parallel vs & (I mean background) vs xargs -P

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m confused about the difference or advantage (if any) of running a set of tasks in a .sh script using GNU parallel

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags background-process, gnu-parallel, shell-script, xargs Leave a comment

How to make xargs handle spaces and special chars from cat?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a file that contains a list of names. i.e.:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags shell, whitespace, xargs Leave a comment

How to search for a word in entire content of a directory in linux

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

need to search for something in entire content

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags find, grep, linux, shell, xargs Leave a comment

xargs and vi – “Input is not from a terminal”

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

I have about 10 php.ini files on my system, located all over the place, and I wanted to quickly browse through them. I tried this command:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, terminal, vi, xargs Leave a comment

Have xargs use alias instead of binary

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

Bash 4.2 on CentOS 6.5:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags alias, bash, xargs Leave a comment

Deleting files with spaces in their names

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

I am trying to delete all the files with a space in their names. I am using following command. But it is giving me an error

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags quoting, rm, shell, xargs Leave a comment
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