xargs.1

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.TH XARGS 1 "22 February 1989"
.SH NAME
xargs \- supply input lines as additional arguments to a command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xargs
.B command
[ 
.I argument 
.B .\|.\|.
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B xargs
is way to create large command lines without the use of the shell's
backquote mechanism.
It reads its standard input and supplies each line it finds as a
separate argument to the command (and command arguments) on the command
line.
The command is found using the same PATH conventions as the shell
and may be a script.
Because of the limitations of the local UNIX system or the great volume of
input lines,
it may run the command several times.
.SH EXAMPLES
find ~evi -print | xargs chown evi
.br
find ~evi/recipes -print | xargs grep -i turkey
.SH SEE ALSO
sh(1), csh(1)