On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:59:53 -0400 "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier [ at ] digitaltorque [ dot ] ca> wrote: > On 16/03/18 Robert P. J. Day said: > > > course i taught recently had a section on "xargs", emphasizing its > > value(?) in being able to run a command in bite-size pieces but, > > these days, is that really that much of an issue? > > My main use for it. > > git ls-files | xargs grep 'function_name' > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux git ls-files -z | xargs -0 grep 'function_name' The -z separates the names with a ASCII NUL and the -0 (minus zero) allows xarg to read them correctly. This is useful if the files have spaces in their names. -- Don't stop where the ink does. Shawn H Corey