Hi all, xargs is a gender-changer type program that adapts one program's stdout to the next program's command line arguments. It's extremely handy for shell scripting, but it can be tricky. I've written a short guide for xargs that shows how to get around the usual xargs landmines:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/xargs.htm Hope you like it. SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
