linux man page for run-parts

RUN-PARTS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      RUN-PARTS(8)

NAME
       run-parts - run scripts or programs in a directory

SYNOPSIS
       run-parts  [--test]  [--verbose] [--report] [--lsbsysinit] [--regex=RE] [--umask=umask] [--arg=argument] [--exit-on-error] [--help] [--ver-
       sion] [--list] [--reverse] [--] DIRECTORY

       run-parts -V

DESCRIPTION
       run-parts runs all the executable files named within constraints described below, found in directory directory.	Other files  and  directo-
       ries are silently ignored.

       If neither the --lsbsysinit option nor the --regex option is given then the names must consist entirely of ASCII upper- and lower-case let-
       ters, ASCII digits, ASCII underscores, and ASCII minus-hyphens.

       If the --lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end in .dpkg-old  or .dpkg-dist or .dpkg-new or .dpkg-tmp, and must belong	to
       one  or	more  of  the  following  namespaces:  the  LANANA-assigned  namespace (^[a-z0-9]+$); the LSB hierarchical and reserved namespaces
       (^_?([a-z0-9_.]+-)+[a-z0-9]+$); and the Debian cron script namespace (^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$).

       If the --regex option is given, the names must match the custom extended regular expression specified as that option's argument.

       Files are run in the lexical sort order of their names unless the --reverse option is given, in which case they are  run  in  the  opposite
       order.

OPTIONS
       --test print the names of the scripts which would be run, but don't actually run them.

       --list print the names of the all matching files (not limited to executables), but don't actually run them. This option cannot be used with
	      --test.

       -v, --verbose
	      print the name of each script to stderr before running.

       --report
	      similar to --verbose, but only prints the name of scripts which produce output.  The script's name is printed to whichever of stdout
	      or stderr the script first produces output on.

       --reverse
	      reverse the scripts' execution order.

       --exit-on-error
	      exit as soon as a script returns with a non-zero exit code.

       --lsbsysinit
	      use LSB namespaces instead of classical behavior.

       --new-session
	      run  each  script  in  a	separate  process  session.  If you use this option, killing run-parts will not kill the currently running
	      script, it will run until completion.

       --regex=RE
	      validate filenames against custom extended regular expression RE.  See the EXAMPLES section for an example.

       -u, --umask=umask
	      sets the umask to umask before running the scripts.  umask should be specified in octal.	By default the umask is set to 022.

       -a, --arg=argument
	      pass argument to the scripts.  Use --arg once for each argument you want passed.

       --     specifies that this is the end of the options.  Any filename after -- will be not be interpreted as an option even if it starts with
	      a hyphen.

       -h, --help
	      display usage information and exit.

       -V, --version
	      display version and copyright and exit.

EXAMPLES
       Print the names of all files in /etc that start with `p' and end with `d':

       run-parts --list --regex '^p.*d$' /etc

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994 Ian Jackson.

       Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon.

       Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Guy Maor

       Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Clint Adams

       run-parts is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions.  There is no warranty.

Debian								    14 Nov 2010 						      RUN-PARTS(8)