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Fair enough on the `no longer "generic", but I usually don't add too much extra and tend to add these functions in my hybrid script/function method so it's a bit more portable for me. Certainly preference though, was just providing alternatives. Appreciate the feedback.
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From what I can see here, this is what the
xargscommand is for..cmd1 | xargs cmd2will runcmd1, its output is then piped through andxargswill take care of runningcmd2on every line of piped data.The rm command would be written as
which includes the built-in interactive element of prompting the user for each item.
But my prototype method allows all kinds of extra logic processing and I don't like using xargs.
If personal preference, fair, but at that point it's no longer "generic" 😉
Seizing the input from keyboard whilst within a pipe by using
read -u 1merits a more significant callout though, that's handy to know...!Fair enough on the `no longer "generic", but I usually don't add too much extra and tend to add these functions in my hybrid script/function method so it's a bit more portable for me. Certainly preference though, was just providing alternatives. Appreciate the feedback.