Difference between revisions of "Linux command: xargs"

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Other arguments<br />
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Other arguments<br />
 
-P Specify max number of parallel processes<br />
 
-P Specify max number of parallel processes<br />
 
-I Specify argument possition ej: ls | xargs -I ARG echo before ARG after
 
-I Specify argument possition ej: ls | xargs -I ARG echo before ARG after

Revision as of 15:31, 28 December 2015

Examples:

 ls | xargs rm -rf # Delete all elements inside current directory
 ls | xargs -t rm -r # -t shows the command that will be executed
 ls | xargs -t -n1 rm -r # Limit to one the number of arguments passed to rm

Other arguments
-P Specify max number of parallel processes
-I Specify argument possition ej: ls | xargs -I ARG echo before ARG after