Questions tagged [xargs]
xargs is a command that executes another command and generates its arguments from stdin
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"xargs -I {}" not replacing with input string, says "/usr/bin/xargs: {}: No such file or directory"
I am encountering difficulty with xargs -I {} , which is not replacing with input string , saying "/usr/bin/xargs: {}: No such file or directory"
For example , I have tried :
/usr/bin/which -...
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sed inplace in selective block
I have a dir containing logstash config files
these files have filter blocks, and sometimes nested child blocks
need to match whole filter block
filter { any text till final matching closing brace for ...
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zgrep - Find an IP address in 1200 *.gz files
I want to find out in which of my 1200 *.gz files a certain IP address occurs on a certain date (17.07.2025).
I could not find the IP address in my current logs:
grep 'IP address' *.logs
My attempt ...
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Process some Folders and format the output
In Linux there are some Folders.
I want to process each of this Folders with the program myprogramm.
I get a list with ls -1 or much better, sure only Folders with:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '...
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Run md5sum parallel with a Spinner or Progressbar
In Linux in a Folder there are some files (no Sub-Folders).
I will create with md5sum MD5-Checksums from all these files and write it in ../md5sum.
The Files are stored on an SSD and the System has ...
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Create Subfolders for files and move them into, each for themselves
In Linux in a Folder there are these files:
LQ0gfKQej7GKG44Cn0sSAC.part01.rar
LQ0gfKQej7GKG44Cn0sSAC.part02.rar
LQ0gfKQej7GKG44Cn0sSAC.part03.rar
LQ0gfKQej7GKG44Cn0sSAC.part04.rar
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One-liner piping from find/xargs with paths including spaces
The following question likely does not relate specifically to Vim. I use a Vim example, as this is where I encounter the issue.
Working on Ubuntu, I often open multiple files in Vim using tab pages:
$ ...
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Run command on each line of CSV file, using fields in different places of the command
I have a CSV file and want to run a command for each line, using the fields of the file as separate arguments.
For example given the following file:
foo,42,red
bar,13,blue
baz,27,green
I want to run ...
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How to batch compress pdfs?
I'm looking to batch compress some pdfs, using the convert to/from ps trick outlined elsewhere. I have a function defined in an .zshrc file:
function pdfcompress() {
for f in "$1"; do
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Using find with vim for file that contains whitespace
I have a file which contains whitespace in its name: my file.txt.
If I want to find a file which has this name and pipe its output to a vim with args, I must use --null|-0 in order to handle ...
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Expect script with Xargs and multiple parameters
I have an expect script that will SSH into a list of routers.
The expect script works on a list of routers in a file and is called from a bash script with xargs.
Bash : script get-rtr.sh
#!/bin/bash
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Run program only on matching lines
Let's say I have a program blackbox, and a file with the following contents:
in this file
this line contains =TAG=
so does =TAG= this one
as =TAG= does this other line
this line does ...
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cp 'same file' error when using -L with find and xarg
I'm trying to replace symlinks in my current directory with the files they point to. I thought I understood 'cp' and the '-L' argument, but apparently not.
Here's the command I am using
find ./ -...
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How to print the processed argument after each command invocation with xargs
i run this command:
ls -1 | xargs -I% -n1 -P8 myprogramm -s1 -r5 -q -o %.dat %
it works with 8 runs at one time, the -q switch in myprogramm for quit, that is ok so.
but i will add something like ...
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how to process a sequence of items N at a time
I want to run a command N times in parallel using bash and xargs on a Linux system. The command is:
for i in `seq 1 $(howmany.txt)`; do aprogramm --file file$i.dat ; done
The file howmany.txt ...
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