command line args

UNIX: Loop Through Files In A Directory

by on July 1, 2010 · 3 comments

How do I loop through files in a directory under UNIX like operating systems?

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xargs: How To Control and Use Command Line Arguments

by on February 17, 2009 · 47 comments

I am trying to use xargs command using shell pipes and not able to understand how to control and use command line arguments. For example I’d like to find out all *.c file located in 100s of sub-directories and move them to another directory called ~/old.src. How do I use command line args with xargs to achieve the same?

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Pass Command Line Arguments To a Bash Alias Command

by on October 16, 2007 · 19 comments

How do I pass all command line args to my bash alias called foo. For example: alias foo=”/path/to/command $@” However $@ get interpreted when creating the alias instead of during the execution of the alias and escaping the $ doesn’t work either. How do I solve this problem?

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Perl Display And Pass Command Line Arguments With @argv

by on March 20, 2007 · 15 comments

How do I read or display command-line arguments with Perl?

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