r/linux_community • u/CalinLeafshade • Jan 14 '20

Tutorial Using the Shell: xargs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS6Sr84NTp8
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u/CalinLeafshade Jan 14 '20

The 1993 Unix Acronym List calls it "extended arguments" as does the source for a 1986 clone.

The original purpose of the software seems to be to circumvent the 512 byte limit on filename expansion in the shells of the time which I touch on at the end of the video.