What is xargs?

[Gary Johnson]

On 2007-10-12, Hall Nation wrote:
> I am new to cygwin/X.
> 
> Using the above setup at the workplace..
> I need to know about the xargs command. What does it
> do ?

As a newcomer to Cygwin and apparently to Unix, one of the most 
important commands to learn is 'man'.  To find out what the 'xargs' 
command does, execute the following at the Bash prompt:

   man xargs

Regards,
Gary

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