From 425237094213e78242c5935ae0f710a1be02ff67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gubolin Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:25:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add xargs --- pages/linux/xargs.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/linux/xargs.md diff --git a/pages/linux/xargs.md b/pages/linux/xargs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5f3eb049ca --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/xargs.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# xargs + +> execute a command with piped arguments + +- main use + +`{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}` + +- handling whitespace in arguments + +`{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}` + +- example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get + +`sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove`