xargs command for your work

What does the xargs command in Linux?

xargs is a great command that reads streams of data from standard input, then generates and executes command lines. In this tutorial, How to use xargs command for your work daily.

xargs command

How to create multiple files with xargs command in Linux.

echo devopsrolesfile1 devopsrolesfile2 devopsrolesfile3 | xargs touch

The output terminal as below

Creates a file with blanks in its name

echo 'my new file devopsroles' | xargs -d '\n' touch

The output terminal as below

Changes permissions on all png files within the /home/vagrant directory

find /home/vagrant -name "*.png" -type f | xargs chmod 640

To view the command that is run by xargs, add the -t option:

echo devopsrolesfile1 devopsrolesfile2 devopsrolesfile3 | xargs -t touch

We use find to locate files that haven’t been updated in more than four weeks and xargs to remove them.

find . -mtime +29 | xargs rm

finding and removing empty files

find . -size 0 | xargs rm
# or
find . -size 0 | xargs -I{} rm -v {}

How to count the characters in each file.

ls -Srp | grep -v '/$' | xargs -I X wc -c X

The output terminal as below

Check the most recent four logins for each currently logged-in user.

who | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -I x last -4 x

The output terminal as below

Conclusion

You have to use xargs command for your work daily. I hope will this your helpful. Thank you for reading the DevopsRoles page!