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code |
| GNU version only. |
xargs -a /dev/null sh |
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| echo x | xargs -Iy sh -c 'exec sh 0<&1' |
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code |
| Read interactively from `stdin`. |
xargs -Ix sh -c 'exec sh 0<&1'
x^D^D
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code |
| This works as long as the file does not contain the NUL character, also a trailing `$'\n'` is added. The actual `/bin/echo` command is executed. GNU version only. |
LFILE=file_to_read
xargs -a "$LFILE" -0
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code |
| GNU version only. |
./xargs -a /dev/null sh -p |
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code |
| GNU version only. |
sudo xargs -a /dev/null sh |
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