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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Xargs Post 302856199 by ccp on Monday 23rd of September 2013 10:55:01 AM
Old 09-23-2013
Xargs

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

Code:
LARGEST=$(echo $* | xargs -n1 | sort -nr | tail -1)


Last edited by vbe; 09-23-2013 at 12:03 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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__gnu_pbds::list_update< Key, Mapped, Eq_Fn, Update_Policy, _Alloc > - SYNOPSIS
Inherits type< Key, Mapped, _Alloc, list_update_tag, __gnu_cxx::typelist::create2< Eq_Fn, Update_Policy >::type >. Public Types typedef list_update_tag container_category typedef Eq_Fn eq_fn typedef Update_Policy update_policy Public Member Functions template<typename It > list_update (It first, It last) list_update (const list_update &other) list_update & operator= (const list_update &other) void swap (list_update &other) Detailed Description template<typename Key, typename Mapped, class Eq_Fn = typename detail::default_eq_fn<Key>::type, class Update_Policy = detail::default_update_policy::type, class _Alloc = std::allocator<char>>class __gnu_pbds::list_update< Key, Mapped, Eq_Fn, Update_Policy, _Alloc > A list-update based associative container. Template Parameters: Key Key type. Mapped Map type. Eq_Fn Equal functor. Update_Policy Update policy, determines when an element will be moved to the front of the list. _Alloc Allocator type. Base is detail::lu_map. Definition at line 815 of file assoc_container.hpp. Constructor &; Destructor Documentation template<typename Key , typename Mapped , class Eq_Fn = typename detail::default_eq_fn<Key>::type, class Update_Policy = detail::default_update_policy::type, class _Alloc = std::allocator<char>> template<typename It > __gnu_pbds::list_update< Key, Mapped, Eq_Fn, Update_Policy, _Alloc >::list_update (Itfirst, Itlast) [inline] Constructor taking __iterators to a range of value_types. The value_types between first_it and last_it will be inserted into the container object. Definition at line 831 of file assoc_container.hpp. Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for libstdc++ from the source code. libstdc++ Tue Jun 1__gnu_pbds::list_update< Key, Mapped, Eq_Fn, Update_Policy, _Alloc >(3)
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