Command-line tool

rargs

brew/rargs

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Util like xargs + awk with pattern matching support

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install rargs

Linux

brew install rargs

Execute a command for every line of input, just like `xargs` (`{0}` indicates where to substitute in the text)

command | rargs command {0}

Simulate which commands would be run without executing them

command | rargs -e command {0}

Remove the `.bak` extension from every file in a list

command | rargs -p '(.*).bak mv {0} {1}

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