XARGS

XARGS#

Shortcut for xargs, running the command sequentially and only with one parameter.

Usage:

xargs [OPTION]... COMMAND [INITIAL-ARGS]...

Run COMMAND with arguments INITIAL-ARGS and more arguments read from input.

Mandatory and optional arguments to long options are also
mandatory or optional for the corresponding short option.
    -0, –null items are separated by a null, not whitespace;
    disables quote and backslash processing and
    logical EOF processing
    -a, –arg-file=FILE read arguments from FILE, not standard input
    -d, –delimiter=CHARACTER items in input stream are separated by CHARACTER,
    not by whitespace; disables quote and backslash
    processing and logical EOF processing
    -E END set logical EOF string; if END occurs as a line
    of input, the rest of the input is ignored
    (ignored if -0 or -d was specified)
    -e, –eof[=END] equivalent to -E END if END is specified;
    otherwise, there is no end-of-file string
    -I R same as –replace=R
    -i, –replace[=R] replace R in INITIAL-ARGS with names read
    from standard input, split at newlines;
    if R is unspecified, assume {}
    -L, –max-lines=MAX-LINES use at most MAX-LINES non-blank input lines per
    command line
    -l[MAX-LINES] similar to -L but defaults to at most one non-
    blank input line if MAX-LINES is not specified
    -n, –max-args=MAX-ARGS use at most MAX-ARGS arguments per command line
    -o, –open-tty Reopen stdin as /dev/tty in the child process
    before executing the command; useful to run an
    interactive application.
    -P, –max-procs=MAX-PROCS run at most MAX-PROCS processes at a time
    -p, –interactive prompt before running commands
    –process-slot-var=VAR set environment variable VAR in child processes
    -r, –no-run-if-empty if there are no arguments, then do not run COMMAND;
    if this option is not given, COMMAND will be
    run at least once
    -s, –max-chars=MAX-CHARS limit length of command line to MAX-CHARS
    –show-limits show limits on command-line length
    -t, –verbose print commands before executing them
    -x, –exit exit if the size (see -s) is exceeded
    –help display this help and exit
    –version output version information and exit

Please see also the documentation at https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/.
You can report (and track progress on fixing) bugs in the “xargs”
program via the GNU findutils bug-reporting page at
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils or, if
you have no web access, by sending email to <bug-findutils@gnu.org>.