Find And Xargs Command

>echo * | xargs echo
asciiart.tar.gz assn.tar.gz bin.tgz doc.tar.gz

>echo * | xargs -n 1 echo
asciiart.tar.gz
assn.tar.gz
bin.tgz
doc.tar.gz

--replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
       Replace  occurences  of  replace-str  in the initial arguments
       with names read from standard input.  Also, unquoted blanks do
       not  terminate  arguments.   If  replace-str  is  omitted,  it
       defaults to "{}" (like for `find -exec').  Implies -x  and  -l
       1.

--max-lines[=max-lines], -l[max-lines]
       Use  at  most max-lines nonblank input lines per command line;
       max-lines defaults to 1 if omitted.  Trailing blanks cause  an
       input  line  to be logically continued on the next input line.
       Implies -x.

--max-args=max-args, -n max-args
       Use at most max-args arguments per command line.   Fewer  than
       max-args  arguments  will  be  used  if  the  size (see the -s
       option) is exceeded, unless the -x option is given,  in  which
       case xargs will exit.

-t             Enable trace mode.   Each  generated  command
               line  will  be written to standard error just
               prior to invocation.

$ echo `jot 3` | xargs -n 1 -i echo {} {}
1 2 3 1 2 3

$ jot 3 | xargs -i -n 1 echo {} {}
{} {} 1
{} {} 2
{} {} 3

$ jot 3 | xargs -i echo {} {}
1 1
2 2
3 3

— Use above, 'ls -1 | xargs -i' !!,

$ ls ind* | xargs -i echo mv {} _{}
mv index.html _index.html
mv index001.html _index001.html

— no -1 will also do!!! <<:Thu 06-24-99:>>

*N*: If you have to use echo, use this (Sun 03-14-99) echo * | xargs -n 1 | xargs -i echo {} {}

alias xargsi="tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 -i"

— the same as alias xargsi="xargs -i"

alias xargs1="tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 -n 1"

— the same as alias xargsi="xargs -l 1"

$ ls
I mean "no"
a b'c d

$ find . -print0 | xargs -0 -l1 rm
rm: cannot remove `.' or `..'

$ dir
total 0

documented on: 02-20-99