Popular Xargs Programming Tips
Replace a string recursively in a directory on Mac OS X
Bertrand Chardon
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shell, zsh, terminal, replace
command line magic examples with grep / cut / awk / sort
Ralph Meier
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0 responses
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shell, sed, grep, find
Backup all modified files in git.
Sequoia McDowell
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7 responses
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vim, xargs, git
Push all the files in a directory to an s3 bucket
Hartley Brody
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0 responses
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find, s3, xargs, aws
Some Unix Copy/Find/Replace magic
Bassem Dy
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6 responses
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sed, unix, file, xargs
Add a file to every subdirectory recursively
Hartley Brody
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0 responses
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grep, find, xargs, git
Execute a subset of tests easily using find and xargs
Curtis Miller
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0 responses
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cucumber, unix, xargs, rspec
Open files on stdout in Vim
Vincent Driessen
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0 responses
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shell, vim, command line, unix
Recovering files deleted in a previous git commit
Vineet
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2 responses
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xargs, git, bash
Delete all the merged branches in git
David Wagner
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3 responses
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xargs, git, delete branches, *nix-fu
Ruby gem docs from shell to browser
Chip Castle
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0 responses
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ruby, grep, gem, unix
Run a shell command on files or directories with spaces
Greg Roodt
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0 responses
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shell, bash, find, xargs
Grep in a limited set of files
Daniel Wehner
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0 responses
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shell, find, xargs
Remove all untagged docker images
louis
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0 responses
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grep, xargs, bash, cut
Copy a file to multiple directories in linux
Jacob Bednarz
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0 responses
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linux, xargs, cp, copy file to multiple directories
CLI One Liner : Recursively Find & Copy Files
Arne Fostvedt
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0 responses
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osx, cli, linux, xargs
remove all merged branches
michał łukasiewicz
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0 responses
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branches, xargs, git, remove branch
Make an HTTP request to the current Heroku app and ouput the status code
Raine
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0 responses
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heroku, xargs, raineorshine
search & replace in matching files
Oliver Mueller
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0 responses
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sed, linux, xargs, bash
Get the loc by each filetype in a git repo
Tim Anema
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0 responses
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git, xargs, bash
`git rm` all deleted files
Anka Sirota
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0 responses
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xargs, awk, git, bash
Search in a song directory and play matching files
Antoine Morin-Paulhus
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0 responses
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grep, xargs, mplayer
PARALLELIZING EXECUTION WITH XARGS ON UNIX-LIKE OPERATING SYSTEMS
Maxim Kalina
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0 responses
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shell, xargs, ant
Remove all old docker container
louis
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0 responses
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grep, xargs, bash, cut
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Remove all untagged docker images
louis
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grep, xargs, bash, cut
Remove all old docker container
louis
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grep, xargs, bash, cut
`git rm` all deleted files
Anka Sirota
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xargs, awk, git, bash
Some Unix Copy/Find/Replace magic
Bassem Dy
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sed, unix, file, xargs
Make an HTTP request to the current Heroku app and ouput the status code
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heroku, xargs, raineorshine
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