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XARGS(1L)						XARGS(1L)

NAME
       xargs  -	 build	and  execute  command lines from standard
       input

SYNOPSIS
       xargs [-0prtx]  [-e[eof-str]]  [-i[replace-str]]	 [-l[max-
       lines]]	 [-n  max-args]	 [-s  max-chars]  [-P  max-procs]
       [--null]	   [--eof[=eof-str]]	[--replace[=replace-str]]
       [--max-lines[=max-lines]]      [--interactive]	  [--max-
       chars=max-chars]	 [--verbose]  [--exit]	[--max-procs=max-
       procs]  [--max-args=max-args]  [--no-run-if-empty] [--ver-
       sion] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page	 documents  the	 GNU  version  of  xargs.
       xargs  reads  arguments from the standard input, delimited
       by blanks (which can be protected with  double  or  single
       quotes  or a backslash) or newlines, and executes the com-
       mand (default is /bin/echo) one or  more	 times	with  any
       initial-arguments followed by arguments read from standard
       input.  Blank lines on the standard input are ignored.

       xargs exits with the following status:
       0 if it succeeds
       123 if any invocation of the command exited with status 1-125
       124 if the command exited with status 255
       125 if the command is killed by a signal
       126 if the command cannot be run
       127 if the command is not found
       1 if some other error occurred.

   OPTIONS
       --null, -0
	      Input filenames are terminated by a null	character
	      instead  of by whitespace, and the quotes and back-
	      slash are not special  (every  character	is  taken
	      literally).  Disables the end of file string, which
	      is treated like any other	 argument.   Useful  when
	      arguments	 might	contain white space, quote marks,
	      or backslashes.  The GNU find -print0  option  pro-
	      duces input suitable for this mode.

       --eof[=eof-str], -e[eof-str]
	      Set  the end of file string to eof-str.  If the end
	      of file string occurs as a line of input, the  rest
	      of  the  input  is ignored.  If eof-str is omitted,
	      there is no end of file string.  If this option  is
	      not  given, the end of file string defaults to "_".

       --help Print a summary of the options to xargs and exit.

       --replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
	      Replace occurences of replace-str	 in  the  initial
	      arguments	 with  names  read  from  standard input.
	      Also, unquoted blanks do not  terminate  arguments.
	      If  replace-str  is  omitted,  it	 defaults to "{}"
	      (like for `find -exec').	Implies -x and -l 1.

       --max-lines[=max-lines], -l[max-lines]
	      Use at most max-lines nonblank input lines per com-
	      mand  line;  max-lines  defaults	to  1 if omitted.
	      Trailing blanks cause an input line to be logically
	      continued on the next input line.	 Implies -x.

       --max-args=max-args, -n max-args
	      Use  at  most  max-args arguments per command line.
	      Fewer than max-args arguments will be used  if  the
	      size (see the -s option) is exceeded, unless the -x
	      option is given, in which case xargs will exit.

       --interactive, -p
	      Prompt the user about whether to run  each  command
	      line  and	 read a line from the terminal.	 Only run
	      the command line if the response starts with `y' or
	      `Y'.  Implies -t.

       --no-run-if-empty, -r
	      If  the  standard	 input	does not contain any non-
	      blanks, do not run the command.  Normally, the com-
	      mand is run once even if there is no input.

       --max-chars=max-chars, -s max-chars
	      Use  at most max-chars characters per command line,
	      including the command and initial arguments and the
	      terminating  nulls  at  the  ends	 of  the argument
	      strings.	The default is as large as  possible,  up
	      to 20k characters.

       --verbose, -t
	      Print the command line on the standard error output
	      before executing it.

       --version
	      Print the version number of xargs and exit.

       --exit, -x
	      Exit if the size (see the -s option) is exceeded.

       --max-procs=max-procs, -P max-procs
	      Run up  to  max-procs  processes	at  a  time;  the
	      default is 1.  If max-procs is 0, xargs will run as
	      many processes as possible at a time.  Use  the  -n
	      option with -P; otherwise chances are that only one
	      exec will be done.

SEE ALSO
       find(1L), locate(1L),  locatedb(5L),  updatedb(1)  Finding
       Files (on-line in Info, or printed)

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