Dec 312009
How to adjust the argument position in xargs?
Answer:
Sometimes you might want to adjust the argument position when using the xargs command, e.g.
echo "foo" | xargs echo "bar"
It gives:
bar foo
Instead, you want the piped argument "foo" to be inserted before the "bar", you can use
echo "foo" | xargs -i echo {} "bar"
Now it gives:
foo bar
That's very handy
