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xargs with multiple commands

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Mar 15, 202612732 views

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I'm trying to execute a sequence of commands on a list of files one by one. I was wondering if it is possible to use xargs something on the lines of Where is the command I want to execute on each file.

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ls *.txt | xargs -n 1 -I {} cat {} | grep foo > {}.foo

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Fix for: xargs with multiple commands

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It might be possible to use something along the lines of or, to get rid of the useless It's usually easier to put it in a shell script so you can just pass it files. Pedantry: won't do the right thing with special characters, notably embedded newlin…

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xargs with multiple commands

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Fix for: xargs with multiple commands

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