.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\" @(#)xargs.1 5.2 (Berkeley) %G%
xargs \- construct argument list(s) and execute utility.
xargs [\-t] [\-n number] [\-s size] [utility [argument ...]]
reads space, tab, and newline delimited arguments from the standard
input and executes the specified
Any arguments specified on the command line are given to the
upon each invocation, followed by some number of the arguments read
is repeatedly executed until standard input is exhausted.
Spaces and tabs may be embedded in arguments using single (`` ' '') or
double (``"'') quotes or backslashes (``\e'').
Single or double quotes escape all characters to the next matching quote
character, backslashes escape the next character.
Newlines may not be escaped.
The following options are available:
Set the maximum number of arguments used from standard input for
each invocation of the utility.
standard input arguments if the number of bytes accumulated (see the
option) exceeds the specified size or the last invocation of
Set the maximum number of bytes to which the last component of the
name, the command-line arguments, and the arguments read in from
Echo the command to be executed to standard error immediately before it
should never read from the standard input.
exits with 0 if no error occurred, and 1 otherwise.
utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compliant.