tldr/pages/common/xargs.md

# xargs

> Execute a command with piped arguments.

- Main use:

`{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}`

- Handle whitespace in arguments:

`{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}`

- delete all files that start with 'M'

`ls M* | xargs rm`

- assign incoming arguments to a variable so that they may be used in the middle of a command

`ls M* | xargs -J % cp % ~/Desktop`
add xargs 2014-03-12 17:25:30 +00:00			`# xargs`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Execute a command with piped arguments.`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Main use:`
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			`{{arguments}} \| xargs {{command}}`

Fixed English tenses as reported by tldr-lint 2016-01-16 14:12:05 +00:00			`- Handle whitespace in arguments:`
add xargs 2014-03-12 17:25:30 +00:00
			`{{arguments_null_terminated}} \| xargs -0 {{command}}`

replace example with an OS agnostic example 2015-12-29 15:58:16 +00:00			`- delete all files that start with 'M'`
add xargs 2014-03-12 17:25:30 +00:00
replace example with an OS agnostic example 2015-12-29 15:58:16 +00:00			`ls M* \| xargs rm`
adds commands to xargs and moves to pages/common - xargs is also native to OS X 2015-12-29 05:09:35 +00:00
replace example with an OS agnostic example 2015-12-29 15:58:16 +00:00			`- assign incoming arguments to a variable so that they may be used in the middle of a command`
adds commands to xargs and moves to pages/common - xargs is also native to OS X 2015-12-29 05:09:35 +00:00
			`ls M* \| xargs -J % cp % ~/Desktop`