grep -l prints the file names so you can process them with xargs.
But xargs has a problem with space characters in file names. find -exec handles spaces well: grep -q suppresses output; the exit status decides on the following.
Probably all find versions cannot chain {} + queues so there is a need for a slower {} \;.
Many GNU utilities allow 0-byte terminated lines, so the following is fast and correct:
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Hi,
I would like to ask if there is any method to grep a chuck of lines based on the latest file in a directory.
E.g
Latest file in the directory:
Line 1: 532243
Line 2: 123456
Line 3: 334566
Line 4: 44567545
I wanted to grep all the line after line 2 i.e. Line 3 and line 4 and... (5 Replies)
I have to grep on a few words in a file and then display the line containing those words and the line above it.
For ex -
File1.txt contains...
abc xyz abc
This is a test
Test successful
abc xyz abc
Just a test
Test successful
I find the words 'Test successful' in the file... (6 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I have a file which has many of the statements like below
******** MAKING > noun1 < cg_all
statements
statements
statements
********* MAKING > noun2 < cg_all
statements
statements
statements
********* MAKING > noun3 < all
statements
statements
statements
I would... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have one file, say file 1, that has data like below where 19900107 is the date,
19900107 12 144 129 0.7380047
19900108 12 168 129 0.3149017
19900109 12 192 129 3.2766666E-02
... (3 Replies)
Sample File
abc
xyz
def
abc
ggh
abc
xyz
I just created a sample file above to show what I need. I need to grep two lines. e.g abc and xyz(only if they are one after the other) so output would be
abc
xyz
abc
xyz
(note abc followed by ggh line would not come out in the output). I... (9 Replies)
Hello. How does one grep lines in a file that have only one field?
AAA BBB CCC
DDD
AAA CCC
Is is possible to grep "DDD" becuase it has only one field?
Thanks.
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I found it, thank you!
awk 'NF... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
This is probably very easy but I've no idea how to pull this out.
Basically, I need to find errors into a very large logfile. When you grep the ID, the output is like this:
+- Type: 799911 Code: Ret: 22728954 Mand: X Def: Des: UserDes: SeqNo: 2
+- Type: 799911 Code: Ret:... (5 Replies)
Hi all,
I have two files.
File A looks like this:
abkhasian com|hum
accent com|com|com|com|sta
acceptation act|com|sta
adventures com|hum
adversity com|hum|hum
and File B looks like this:
adventure
adventures
adversary
Adverse
adversity
I want to print those lines in File A... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: owwow14
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xargs
XARGS(1L)XARGS(1L)NAME
xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input
SYNOPSIS
xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]]
[--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs]
[--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of xargs. xargs reads arguments from the standard input, delimited by blanks (which can be pro-
tected with double or single quotes or a backslash) or newlines, and executes the command (default is /bin/echo) one or more times with any
initial-arguments followed by arguments read from standard input. Blank lines on the standard input are ignored.
xargs exits with the following status:
0 if it succeeds
123 if any invocation of the command exited with status 1-125
124 if the command exited with status 255
125 if the command is killed by a signal
126 if the command cannot be run
127 if the command is not found
1 if some other error occurred.
OPTIONS
--null, -0
Input filenames are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every
character is taken literally). Disables the end of file string, which is treated like any other argument. Useful when arguments
might contain white space, quote marks, or backslashes. The GNU find -print0 option produces input suitable for this mode.
--eof[=eof-str], -e[eof-str]
Set the end of file string to eof-str. If the end of file string occurs as a line of input, the rest of the input is ignored. If
eof-str is omitted, there is no end of file string. If this option is not given, the end of file string defaults to "_".
--help Print a summary of the options to xargs and exit.
--replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
Replace occurences of replace-str in the initial arguments with names read from standard input. Also, unquoted blanks do not termi-
nate arguments. If replace-str is omitted, it defaults to "{}" (like for `find -exec'). Implies -x and -l 1.
--max-lines[=max-lines], -l[max-lines]
Use at most max-lines nonblank input lines per command line; max-lines defaults to 1 if omitted. Trailing blanks cause an input
line to be logically continued on the next input line. Implies -x.
--max-args=max-args, -n max-args
Use at most max-args arguments per command line. Fewer than max-args arguments will be used if the size (see the -s option) is
exceeded, unless the -x option is given, in which case xargs will exit.
--interactive, -p
Prompt the user about whether to run each command line and read a line from the terminal. Only run the command line if the response
starts with `y' or `Y'. Implies -t.
--no-run-if-empty, -r
If the standard input does not contain any nonblanks, do not run the command. Normally, the command is run once even if there is no
input.
--max-chars=max-chars, -s max-chars
Use at most max-chars characters per command line, including the command and initial arguments and the terminating nulls at the ends
of the argument strings. The default is as large as possible, up to 20k characters.
--verbose, -t
Print the command line on the standard error output before executing it.
--version
Print the version number of xargs and exit.
--exit, -x
Exit if the size (see the -s option) is exceeded.
--max-procs=max-procs, -P max-procs
Run up to max-procs processes at a time; the default is 1. If max-procs is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a
time. Use the -n option with -P; otherwise chances are that only one exec will be done.
SEE ALSO find(1L), locate(1L), locatedb(5L), updatedb(1) Finding Files (on-line in Info, or printed)
XARGS(1L)