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dwmkerr committed Feb 3, 2021
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# Chapter 16 - Build Commands on the Fly
# Chapter 16 - Build Commands on the Fly with Xargs

In the earlier chapters of this part of the book we've seen a number of ways to manipulate text. Now we're going to introduce the `xargs` command and show how to use our text manipulation skills to dynamically build complex commands on the fly.

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We can use the `-t` (_trace_) option to see what `xargs` actually tried to do:

```
$ find . -type f | xargs rm
$ find . -type f | xargs -t rm
rm ./chapter 1.md ./chapter 2.md ./chapter 3.md
...
```
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