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37 lines
608 B
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.TH XARGS 1
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.SH NAME
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xargs \- construct argument list and execute
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B xargs
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[
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.B -n
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.I number
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] [
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.B -p
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.I maxprocs
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]
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.B cmd
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[
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.I arg ...
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Xargs
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reads
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.B number
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(default 10) lines from
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standard input and runs the given commands with those lines as arguments. The utility is repeatedly executed one or more times until standard input is exhausted.
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.PP
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Options are as follows:
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.TP
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.B -n
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Set
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.I number
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as the maximum number of lines taken from standard input for each invocation.
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.TP
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.B -p
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Parallel mode: run
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.I maxprocs
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invocations at once.
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/cmd/xargs.c
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