On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Joe Brenner wrote:
>Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:07:32 -0700
>From: Joe Brenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: rm problem
>
>
>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?
man xargs
...
--replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
Replace occurences of replace-str in the initial
arguments with names read from standard input.
Also, unquoted blanks do not terminate arguments.
If replace-str is omitted, it defaults to "{}"
(like for `find -exec'). Implies -x and -l 1.
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