Merge pull request #165 from Gubolin/master

add xargs
2014-03-13 13:27:53 +11:00 · 2014-03-13 13:27:53 +11:00 · 84be2a73d1
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+# xargs
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+> execute a command with piped arguments
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+- main use
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+`{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}`
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+- handling whitespace in arguments
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+`{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}`
+
+- example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get
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+`sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove`