xargs can be used to process the files return from find command.
Xargs Options
| Option |
Description |
| -0 |
Input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special |
| --replace[=replace-str] |
Replace occurrences of replace-str in the initial-arguments with names read from standard input. |
Examples
Example to remove .core files in /tmp directory
1
| find /tmp -name "*.core" -type f -print | xargs rm -vf
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However, the above command cannot remove filenames with space in it. A better way is to use null character as separator.
1
| find /tmp -name "*.core" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -vf
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Example to copy .log files to test directory
the filename is provided as the first parameter of cp.
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| find . -name "*.log" -type f -print0 | xargs --replace={} -0 cp -f {} test
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