xargs command usage

Example on find all executables (ELF) and delete them in current directory:


find $PWD -type f | xargs file | grep "ELF.*executable" | awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs  "rm"

Here, xargs is used which converts input into arguments to a command.

for example:

• xargs file ->  file  <filename>
• xargs rm ->  rm  <filename> 

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find . -type f
- type f  ->  "find" only of file type.
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