Using xargs
Explore how to use the xargs command to process input from standard input or files. Learn to pass arguments to other commands like touch, ls, and rm to manage files effectively by automating command execution.
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The xargs command
The xargs program takes data from standard input and lets us use it as an argument to another program. Let’s do something incredibly trivial to understand how it works: print out the numbers 1 to 5 with echo, using xargs. We use the seq command, which prints out a sequence of numbers, each on its ...