Xargs....
I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
From: Hall Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? You also need to know about the man command. And google ;-) Regards, David PS: Hint : type : man man then : man xargs -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
xerces8 schrieb: From: Hall Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? You also need to know about the man command. And google ;-) Is this a replay of older messages? Didn't we have that before? That man is a troll or a bot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
Who's a troll ? I'm new here .. I was facing issues while joining and tried sending this message long back but couldn't as I was facing issues. Probably that msg had gone to u ppl before.. And guys I do know of google/man .. I just couldn't get what was described abt xargs in man ,,, I mean I need it in simple terms.. (layman terms) I also would like to know what this does ... /bin/find . -type f |xargs grep - Original Message From: Holger Krull [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:10:31 PM Subject: Re: Xargs xerces8 schrieb: From: Hall Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? You also need to know about the man command. And google ;-) Is this a replay of older messages? Didn't we have that before? That man is a troll or a bot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
On 10/22/07, Hall Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just couldn't get what was described abt xargs in man ,,, I mean I need it in simple terms.. (layman terms) xargs has nothing to do with X11, first of all. The x in this case means trans, as in transpose, which is the operation that takes a vertical column and turns it into a horizontal row. Say you have a file named x.txt with these lines in it: x1 x2 x3 Now say you run this: xargs echo x.txt The xargs command will build a new command for you and run it on your behalf, by reading each line of its input (file x.txt) and turning it into an argument. So it will run echo x1 x2 x3 and you will get x1 x2 x3 output to your terminal. find . | xargs grep is how you do a grep of a bunch of files when they might be in subdirectories. find . will output their names, one to a line, and xargs turns them into arguments to the grep command. -- Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
Thanks for the clarification mate ... Now I know ... - Original Message From: Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:06:45 PM Subject: Re: Xargs On 10/22/07, Hall Nation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just couldn't get what was described abt xargs in man ,,, I mean I need it in simple terms.. (layman terms) xargs has nothing to do with X11, first of all. The x in this case means trans, as in transpose, which is the operation that takes a vertical column and turns it into a horizontal row. Say you have a file named x.txt with these lines in it: x1 x2 x3 Now say you run this: xargs echo x.txt The xargs command will build a new command for you and run it on your behalf, by reading each line of its input (file x.txt) and turning it into an argument. So it will run echo x1 x2 x3 and you will get x1 x2 x3 output to your terminal. find . | xargs grep is how you do a grep of a bunch of files when they might be in subdirectories. find . will output their names, one to a line, and xargs turns them into arguments to the grep command. -- Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Xargs....
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:43:54AM -0700, Hall Nation wrote: Thanks for the clarification mate ... Now I know ... And you would have known this before because it had already been described to you before. I hope that future communications will not require this type of repetition. And, please note that discussion of xargs is off-topic for this list. If you actually now do know understand xargs, then I don't have to tell you why. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
What is xargs?
I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: What is xargs?
On 2007-10-12, Hall Nation wrote: I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? As a newcomer to Cygwin and apparently to Unix, one of the most important commands to learn is 'man'. To find out what the 'xargs' command does, execute the following at the Bash prompt: man xargs Regards, Gary -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: What is xargs?
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 07:44:51AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: On 2007-10-12, Hall Nation wrote: I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? As Gary said, the man (short for manual) command is your friend. As is google. The first hit is instructive. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: What is xargs?
On 2007-10-12, Hall Nation wrote: I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? As Gary said, the man (short for manual) command is your friend. It's also important to note that not all commands whose name starts with x have anything to do with X the graphics system. In the case of xargs, the x represents the operation that conceptually turns a vertical list of items into a horizontal list of command-line arguments. So if you have a file named lines.txt whose contents are as follows: line1 line2 line3 Then if you type this at the bash prompt: xargs mycommand lines.txt The xargs program will turn around and run the following command on your behalf, as if you'd typed it instead: mycommand line1 line2 line3 -- Mark J. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: What is xargs?
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 07:44:51AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: On 2007-10-12, Hall Nation wrote: I am new to cygwin/X. Using the above setup at the workplace.. I need to know about the xargs command. What does it do ? As Gary said, the man (short for manual) command is your friend. As is google. The first hit is instructive. It certainly is: it provides (as a wikipedia article) an example of poorly written technical material. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
