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.TH XARGS 1 sbase\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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xargs \- constuct argument list(s) and execute command
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B xargs
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.RB [\-n
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.IR maxargs ]
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.RB [ \-r ]
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.RB [ \-E
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.IR eofstr ]
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.RI [ cmd
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.IR [arg... ] ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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xargs reads space, tab, newline and EOF delimited strings from stdin
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and executes the specified cmd with the strings as arguments.
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Any arguments specified on the command line are given to the command upon
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each invocation, followed by some number of the arguments read from
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stdin. The command is repeatedly executed one or more times until stdin
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is exhausted.
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Spaces, tabs and newlines may be embedded in arguments using single (`'')
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or double (`"') quotes or backslashes ('\\'). Single quotes escape all
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non-single quote characters, excluding newlines, up to the matching single
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quote. Double quotes escape all non-double quote characters, excluding
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newlines, up to the matching double quote. Any single character, including
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newlines, may be escaped by a backslash.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-n maxargs
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Use at most maxargs arguments per command line.
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.TP
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.BI \-r
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Do not run the command if there are no arguments. Normally the command is
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executed at least once even if there are no arguments.
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.TP
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.B \-E eofstr
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Use eofstr as a logical EOF marker.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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xargs exits with one of the following values:
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0 All invocations of command returned a zero exit
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status.
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123 One or more invocations of command returned a
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nonzero exit status.
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124 The command exited with a 255 exit status.
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125 The command was killed or stopped by a signal.
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126 The command was found but could not be executed.
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127 The command could not be found.
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1 Some other error occurred.
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