xargs command

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:graphical_user_interface
gptkbp:author gptkb:Unix_community
gptkbp:availableOn gptkb:macOS
gptkb:Unix
gptkb:BSD
gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:category Process control
Text processing
Command-line utility
gptkbp:defaultBehavior executes a command with those items as arguments
reads items from standard input
gptkbp:documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/xargs-invocation.html
man xargs
gptkbp:example echo 'one two three' | xargs mkdir
find . -type f | xargs grep 'pattern'
gptkbp:handles null-separated input with -0
whitespace-separated input
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label xargs command
gptkbp:introducedIn PWB/UNIX
gptkbp:license gptkb:GPL
gptkbp:option -n
-r
-I
-t
--null
--replace
--verbose
-0
-p
-d
--delimiter
--interactive
--max-args
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:GNU_coreutils
gptkbp:relatedTo find command
parallel command
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:POSIX
gptkbp:usedFor building and executing command lines from standard input
gptkbp:writtenBy C
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:GNU_xargs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6