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Search for specified file types and run a certain command for each file
$ find -E ${path} -iregex ".*\.(${extensions})" -print | xargs -n1 -I _item ${command} _item
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This command is a combination of multiple command-line tools, used to find files with specific extensions in a given directory and perform a specified command on them.
Here is a breakdown of what each part of the command does:
find
: Thefind
command is used to search for files and directories in a specific location.-E ${path}
: This flag is used to specify the path or directory where the search should be performed (${path}
is a placeholder for the actual path).-iregex ".*\.(${extensions})"
: This flag is used to filter the search results based on a regular expression. It searches for files that match any of the given extensions (${extensions}
is a placeholder for the extensions separated by|
, e.g.,jpg|png|gif
).-print
: This flag is used to print the path of each file that matches the search criteria.|
: The pipe symbol is used to redirect the output from thefind
command and pass it as input to the next command.xargs
: Thexargs
command is used to construct and execute command lines from standard input.-n1 -I _item
: These flags specify thatxargs
should execute the command specified (${command}
is a placeholder for the actual command) once for each input item, taking one at a time, and replacing the placeholder_item
with the input item.${command} _item
: This is the command that will be executed for each file found._item
is a placeholder for the filename.
In summary, this command locates files with specific extensions in a given directory, prints their paths, and then executes a specified command (replacing _item
with each file's path) on each file found.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.