Linux Commands Reference - Complete Linux Command Guide
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xargs
Build and execute commands from stdin
Syntax
xargs [OPTION]... COMMAND [INITIAL-ARGS]...Common Options
-I {}Replace string with input line-n NMax N args per line-d DELIMSpecify delimiter-0Null delimiter (with find -print0)-pPrompt before execution-tPrint command before executing-rDon't run if no input-L NExecute once per N lines-P NRun N processes in parallel-s SIZEMax command line sizeCommon Examples
find . -name "*.log" | xargs rmDelete all log files
find . -print0 | xargs -0 rmSafe delete (handle special chars)
cat urls.txt | xargs -n 1 curl -ODownload URLs one by one
echo "file1 file2" | xargs -n 1 cp -v target/Copy files one by one
find . -name "*.js" | xargs -I {} mv {} ./js/Move JS files to directory
ls *.jpg | xargs -I {} convert {} {}.pngBatch convert image format
find . -type f | xargs -P 4 -I {} gzip {}Parallel compress with 4 workers
echo "a b c d" | xargs -n 22 args per line
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