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[xargs] Run and understand. xargs command to open a file from a string

created-2025/11/13 updated-2026/03/15

Introduction

This repository allows you to run the xargs command to open a file with the string received from the | (pipe).

Commands that need to be installed

  1. git

Quickstart

If you have already installed the above command, run the following command to download it from the repository, then change the directory, run the xargs command, and open the file with the open command.

ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs -n 1 open
Output results
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

macos

MacPorts

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs open
Output results
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

windows

WSL2

Not possible
Output results
Not possible

MSYS2 MINGW64

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs -n 1 start
Output results
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

git --version

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

sudo apt install git

command

The following command should open the file with the details

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs -n 1 open
detail
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git --version

※MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

sudo port install git
echo 'alias git="/opt/local/bin/git"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

COMMAND

The following command should open the file with the details

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs open
detail
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
Not possible
MSYS2 MINGW64
git --version

※Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
Not possible
MSYS2 MINGW64
pacman --sync git

command

The following command should open the file with the details

WSL2
Not possible
detail
Not possible
MSYS2 MINGW64
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/xargs_openFile
cd xargs_openFile
find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs -n 1 start
detail
example1.txt
example2.txt
example3.txt
example4.txt
example5.txt
#Five files open

Afterword

find . -type f -name "*.txt"

and

find . -type f -name "*.txt" | xargs

Try running the command. The xargs command separates the output file path string into spaces, allowing you to open it with the open command. Since xargs -n 1 on Windows and Ubuntu only recognizes one argument, you pass each argument as an option. The start command on Windows is used because the open command cannot be used.

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