simple explanation about xargs pls... 6

[adaaje]

Hi guys,

I have a problem to understand "xargs" command help.
I tried to look at xargs command help, but it's so many function and I don't understand.

Could you guys give me basic understanding or sample to use it ? THX GUYS.

 

[mrn]

Quite simply xargs is used to read strings on standard input, passing as many possible as arguments to a given command. It's normally used to get around the ARG_MAX limitations. 24,576 IBM & 1,048,320 Solaris

Mike

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[mrn]

This may be useful to you

http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8274/sam0306g/

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[adaaje]

Thank you so much sir,

this is what I'm looking for

 

[Ogzilal]

Hi,

Here is a sample that :
lists files.log
wc files.log
and finally
lists files.log and passes them as arguments to wc command in a pipe

root:/tmp> ls *log
configure.log     cron.log     post_install.log  wlproxy.log
root@ouvea:/tmp> wc *log
     102     713    4555 configure.log
       1       4      67 cron.log
     107     459    3818 post_install.log
       0       0       0 wlproxy.log
     210    1176    8440 total
root:/tmp> ls *log |xargs wc
     102     713    4555 configure.log
       1       4      67 cron.log
     107     459    3818 post_install.log
       0       0       0 wlproxy.log
     210    1176    8440 total
root:/tmp>

 

[columb]

A useful link mrn, I learnt something new from it. Have a star!

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