Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joe Brenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > For some reason, the function of xargs will not sink into my
> > head...
>
> What xargs does is take a list of things on standard input (usually
> files) and run the command specified, putting as many of those files
> (or whatever) on each command line, until the command has been run for
> each file.
I guess what bothers me most is that there doesn't seem to
be any placeholder for where the filename is going to go.
Like what if you don't want the filename at the end of the
command line? Then you revert back to find with -exec?
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