URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61009>
Summary: xargs need option to immediately stop on command
fail
Project: findutils
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Wed 04 Aug 2021 08:50:38 AM UTC
Category: xargs
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Originator Name:
Originator Email: [email protected]
Open/Closed: Open
Release: None
Discussion Lock: Any
Fixed Release: None
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Details:
Hello.
If we want xargs stop on command fail we need to do the next complex construct
with sh:
xargs -IX -n1 sh -c "cp -f X $IMGDIR_DST/X || exit 255"
instead of simply:
xargs -F -IX -n1 cp -f X $IMGDIR_DST/X
(imagine the -F turns on stop on command fail). This is simpler and less error
prone.
Thus, we can do in our scripts:
find . -type f | xargs -F -IX -n1 cp -f X $IMGDIR_DST/X || exit 1
Instead of more complex and error prone:
find . -type f | xargs -IX -n1 sh -c "cp -f X $IMGDIR_DST/X || exit 255" ||
exit 1
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