On 5/17/11 12:36 AM, neubyr wrote:
> How do I pass xargs input one line at a time to subsequent command?
> For example I want to install rubygems by reading a text file as shown
> below, however the arguments are getting passed all at once to the
> 'gem install' command. I hace tried -L (max-lines) and -n (max args)
> options, but it didn't work. What's missing here?? Any help?
> >
> > $ cat gem.list.1
> > mkrf
> > rake
> > xmlparser
> >
> > $ awk '{ print $0 }' gem.list.1 | xargs -L 1 -0 -I name sudo gem install
>name
> > ERROR: could not find gem mkrf
> > rake
> > xmlparser
> > locally or in a repository
Or:
cat gem.list.1 | while read PKG; do sudo gem install $PKG; done
JD
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