xe
Execute a command once for each line piped from another command or file. More information: https://github.com/leahneukirchen/xe.
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Run a command once for each line of input data as arguments:
{{arguments_source}} | xe {{command}}
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Execute the commands, replacing any occurrence of the placeholder (marked as
{}
) with the input line:
{{arguments_source}} | xe {{command}} {} {{optional_extra_arguments}}
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Execute a shellscript, joining every
N
lines into a single call:
echo -e 'a\nb' | xe -N{{2}} -s 'echo $2 $1'
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Delete all files with a
.backup
extension:
find . -name {{'*.backup'}} | xe rm -v
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Run up to
max-jobs
processes in parallel; the default is 1. Ifmax-jobs
is 0, xe will run as many processes as cpu cores:
{{arguments_source}} | xe -j {{max-jobs}} {{command}}
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