Difference between revisions of "Linux command: xargs"
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-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 | ||
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| + | <source lang='bash'> | ||
| + | mkdir directory_{000..999} | ||
| + | ls | ||
| + | ls | xargs -t -n10 rm -rf | ||
| + | </source> | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 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
mkdir directory_{000..999}
ls
ls | xargs -t -n10 rm -rf