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xargs: add example for multiple commands (#3281)
Co-authored-by: Marco Bonelli <mebeim@users.noreply.github.com>client-spec/clarity
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# xargs
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> Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file, etc.
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> The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate arguments on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file.
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> The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file.
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- Main usage pattern:
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- Run a command using the input data as arguments:
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`{{arguments_source}} | xargs {{command}}`
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- Delete all files with a `.backup` extension. `-print0` on find uses a null character to split the files, and `-0` changes the delimiter to the null character (useful if there's whitespace in filenames):
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- Run multiple chained commands on the input data:
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`{{arguments_source}} | xargs sh -c "{{command1}} && {{command2}} | {{command3}}"`
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- Delete all files with a `.backup` extension (`-print0` uses a null character to split file names, and `-0` uses it as delimiter):
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`find . -name {{'*.backup'}} -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v`
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