On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Drew Poulin wrote: > > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> ls *.tar | xargs -n 1 tar xvf > > Thanks very much. Looks like I'd better read the xargs man page.
the above is an alternative to what every single linux user should know -- how to use the bash shell to write a quick and dirty loop, as in: $ for var in *.tar ; do > echo "hey, let's do something with the file $var" > tar xvf $var > done $ customize to taste. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
