/1/xargs

NAME

xargs – construct argument list and execute

SYNOPSIS

xargs [ –n number ] [ –p maxprocs ] cmd [ arg ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Xargs reads number (default 10) lines from standard input and runs the given cmd with those lines as arguments. This is repeated until standard input is exhausted.
Options are as follows:
–n Set number as the maximum number of lines taken from standard input for each invocation.
–p Parallel mode: run maxprocs invocations at once.

EXAMPLE

seq 1 9 | xargs –n 3 echo

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/xargs.c

HISTORY

Xargs was implemented from scratch for 9front (August, 2011).


	`xargs` [ –`n` number ] [ –`p` maxprocs ] `cmd` [ arg ... ]


	Xargs reads `number` (default 10) lines from standard input and runs the given `cmd` with those lines as arguments. This is repeated until standard input is exhausted. Options are as follows: –`n` Set number as the maximum number of lines taken from standard input for each invocation. –`p` Parallel mode: run maxprocs invocations at once.


	Xargs was implemented from scratch for 9front (August, 2011).