Usage: ./xargs/xargs [OPTION]... COMMAND INITIAL-ARGS... Run COMMAND with arguments INITIAL-ARGS and more arguments read from input. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Non-mandatory arguments are indicated by [square brackets] -0, --null Items are separated by a null, not whitespace. Disables quote and backslash processing -a, --arg-file=FILE Read arguments from FILE, not standard input -d, --delimiter=CHARACTER Input items are separated by CHARACTER, not by blank space. Disables quote and backslash processing -E END If END occurs as a line of input, the rest of the input is ignored. -e [END], --eof[=END] Equivalent to -E END if END is specified. Otherwise, there is no end-of-file string --help Print a summary of the options to xargs. -I R same as --replace=R (R must be specified) -i,--replace=[R] Replace R in initial arguments with names read from standard input. If R is unspecified, assume {} -L,-l, --max-lines=MAX-LINES Use at most MAX-LINES nonblank input lines per command line -l Use at most one nonblank input line per command line -n, --max-args=MAX-ARGS Use at most MAX-ARGS arguments per command line -P, --max-procs=MAX-PROCS Run up to max-procs processes at a time -p, --interactive Prompt before running commands --process-slot-var=VAR Set environment variable VAR in child processes -r, --no-run-if-empty If there are no arguments, run no command. If this option is not given, COMMAND will be run at least once. -s, --max-chars=MAX-CHARS Limit commands to MAX-CHARS at most --show-limits Show limits on command-line length. -t, --verbose Print commands before executing them --version Print the version number -x, --exit Exit if the size (see -s) is exceeded Report bugs to .