xargs can take input from both a file and arguments at the same time, the downside is that it always puts arguments first, even if you take the "$*" and put it on the end.
This will work for:
command any arguments "1 a" "2 b" "3 c"
but not:
command "1 a" "2 b" "3 c" arguments.
To put arguments on the end, it looks like this is the only option.
Hi there,
I am trying to move around 3000 files from one directory to another. The mv command is complaining from too many arguments. I tried to use the xargs command but with no luck. Could some body provide help?
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I discovered that GNU's xargs has a -P option to allow its processes to run in parallel. Great! Is this a GNU thing, or is it supported by other platforms as well? (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement to RCP the files from remote server to local server.
Also the RCP has to run in parallel. However using 'xargs' retrives 2 file names during each loop. How do we restrict to only one file name using xargs and loop till remaining files.
I use the below code for... (2 Replies)
hi
Could any one please tell me the option using which we can run multiple commands using xargs
I have list of files, I want to run dos2unix and chmod at one shot on them
I tried google n searched man pages but couldnt really find the solution , please help
right now im doing this
ls... (4 Replies)
Dear all ,
any suggest on xargs to combine from (1.txt and 2.txt) to output.txt ?
thanks a lot.
1.txt
0123 BUM-5M BUM-5M 93490481 63839
0124 BUM-5M BUM-5M 112112 ... (3 Replies)
Using the bash shell I'm trying to either create a command for the command line or a script that will show netstat info for a given process name. Here is an example of what I'm trying to do:$ ps aux |grep catalina |grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
5132
$ netstat -nlp |grep 5132
(Not all processes... (11 Replies)
Hello, I need some help with xargs
$ ls
aaa bbb ccc ddd$ ls | xargs -I{} ls -la {}
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xxx xx 0 May 30 20:04 aaa
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xxx xx 0 May 30 20:04 bbb
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xxx xx 0 May 30 20:04 ccc
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xxx xx 0 May 30 20:04 dddit's possible to have output like this with... (3 Replies)
Hi,
can anyone tell me in detail ?
what the following do in detail ?
I am trying to get a largest number in a list
Thanks
Tao
LARGEST=$(echo $* | xargs -n1 | sort -nr | tail -1) (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
apply
apply(1) General Commands Manual apply(1)NAME
apply - Applies a command to a set of arguments
SYNOPSIS
apply [-acharacter] [-number] command argument...
The apply command runs the specified command on each argument in turn.
OPTIONS
Identifies the character used instead of the % (percent sign) to designate argument substitution strings. Specifies the number of argu-
ments to be passed to command.
DESCRIPTION
Normally, arguments are chosen individually; the optional number specifies the number of arguments to be passed to command. If number is 0
(zero), command is run without arguments once for each argument.
If you include character sequences of the form %n (where n is a digit from 1 to 9) in command, they are replaced by the nth unused argument
following command when command is executed. If any such sequences occur, number is ignored, and the number of arguments passed to command
is the maximum value of n in command.
You can specify a character other than % (percent sign) to designate argument substitution character strings with the -a option; for exam-
ple, -a@ would indicate that the sequences @1 and @2 were to be replaced by the first and second unused arguments following command.
NOTES
Shell metacharacters in command may have undesirable effects; it is best to enclose complicated commands in ' ' (single quotes).
There is no way to pass a % (percent sign) followed immediately by any number if % is the argument expansion character.
EXAMPLES
The following command is similar to ls: apply echo * The following command compares the file a1 to the file b1, a2 to b2, and so on: apply
-2 cmp a1 b1 a2 b2 ... The following command runs who 5 times: apply -0 who 1 2 3 4 5 The following command links all files in the current
directory to the directory /usr/joe: apply 'ln %1 /usr/joe' *
SEE ALSO
Commands: sh(1), xargs(1)apply(1)