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In linux, what does the xargs command do?
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It takes strings from stdin (mostly via pipe, where another commands output is xargs' stdin), and it seperates the strings by whitespace (mostly linebreaks), and then gives those strings, one by one as command line arguments to another command (for example to find, rm, touch, etc).


e.g. find . -name '*.py' | xargs touch
^^ above will change the update timestamp of all python files in all subdirectories below current one, to current timestamp


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In linux, what does the xargs command do?
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In linux, what does the xargs command do?
Answer

It takes strings from stdin (mostly via pipe, where another commands output is xargs' stdin), and it seperates the strings by whitespace (mostly linebreaks), and then gives those strings, one by one as command line arguments to another command (for example to find, rm, touch, etc).


e.g. find . -name '*.py' | xargs touch
^^ above will change the update timestamp of all python files in all subdirectories below current one, to current timestamp

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20. Advanced Shell Scripting
$DIG_PID ) 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^[^;]*netscape.com' && break done 20.7.5 Recursive grep (search) Recursively searching through a directory tree can be done easily with the find and <span>xargs commands. You should consult both these man pages. The following command pipe searches through the kernel source for anything about the ``pcnet'' Ethernet card, printing also the line n

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