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xargs Linux Command

Builds and executes command lines from standard input (useful with pipes).

What does xargs do?

Builds and executes command lines from standard input (useful with pipes).

xargs [options] command

find . -name '*.log' | xargs rm

Translates, deletes, or squeezes characters from standard input.

Searches for files and directories in a directory hierarchy by name, type, size, etc.

Extracts specific columns/fields from each line of a file.

Searches for patterns (text or regex) inside files and prints matching lines.

Reports or filters out repeated lines in a sorted file.

Quickly finds files by name using a pre-built database (run updatedb to refresh).