[TriLUG] xargs guide
Steve Litt via TriLUG
trilug at trilug.org
Wed Jul 29 21:47:12 EDT 2015
Hi all,
xargs is a gender-changer type program that adapts one program's stdout
to the next program's command line arguments. It's extremely handy for
shell scripting, but it can be tricky. I've written a short guide for
xargs that shows how to get around the usual xargs landmines:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/xargs.htm
Hope you like it.
SteveT
Steve Litt
July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
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