xargsΒΆ
Name
xargs – build and execute command lines from standard input
Synopsis
xargs [option...] [command] [initial-argument...]
Description
Execute COMMAND followed by its optionl INITIAL-ARGUMENTS and append additional arguments found on standard input. Typically, the additional arguments are filenames in quantities too large for a single command line. xargs runs COMMAND multiple times to exhaust all arguments on standard input.
-n MAXARGS | Limit the number of additional arguments to MAXARGS for each invocations of COMMAND. |
-p | Interactive mode. Prompt the user for each execution of COMMAND. |