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simple sorting programm for Linux
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lscan be piped safely if you use--zero:While the above is a pretty silly example, one reason why you might want to do this is that
xargshas a-P/--max-procsargument, that runs N commands in parallel. So you could do something like the following to gzip four files in parallel:This is a bit simpler than using the equivalent
While the later is more reliably available. Use this in scripts you distribute. And also finds
-execinstead of|xargs.Both
findandxargsare POSIX commands, so there's something wrong with your OS if you are missing either, andfinddoes not have an equivalent of-P. Granted,-Pis an extension, but it is supported by GNU's, OpenBSD's, FreeBSD's, and BusyBox'sxargscommands, and probably also by others, so it is reasonable to assume that it is available unless you are targeting some obscure OS