map function in shell
The following defines an intuitive "map" function for use in shell scripts or on the command line:
$ alias map="xargs -n1"This takes a command which will be invoked on every line from stdin. A useful example: finding all directories that contain a certain file:
$ find * -name models.py | map dirname
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Erm... use a wildcard in the path argument of find?
over 1 year ago
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@avdleeuw In this case, I don't want the ./ prefixes on the output, so yes. I wouldn't use them in an uncontrolled environment :)
over 1 year ago
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If you like map, have a look at GNU Parallel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1
over 1 year ago
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