xargs

Linux · Terminal · available in the simulator

What it does

Build and execute command lines from standard input.

Syntax

xargs [opciones] [comando]

Options and parameters

• -n

  Maximum number of arguments per command line.

  ls | xargs -n1 echo
• -I

  Replace occurrences of the specified string with each input item.

  ls | xargs -I{} cp {} /tmp
• -0

  Input items are terminated by a null character; used with find -print0.

• -P

  Run up to the specified number of processes in parallel.

Usage examples

• printf '%s\n' a b | xargs echo
• find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm
• ls | xargs -n1 echo
• ls | xargs -I{} cp {} /tmp

Related commands

• alias
• clear
• echo
• exit
• export
• history