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Execute a command once for each line piped from another command or file.

Examples (5)

Run a command once for each line of input data as arguments

arguments_source | xe command

Execute the commands, replacing any occurrence of the placeholder (marked as `{}`) with the input line

arguments_source | xe command {} optional_extra_arguments

Execute a shellscript, joining every `N` lines into a single call

echo -e 'a\nb' | xe -N2 -s 'echo $2 $1'

Delete all files with a `.backup` extension

find . -name '*.backup' | xe rm -v

Run up to `max-jobs` processes in parallel; the default is 1. If `max-jobs` is 0, xe will run as many processes as cpu cores

arguments_source | xe -j max-jobs command