Xargs is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

I wanted to delete all .sh extensions so did this:

However it doesn't work, it behaves like basename returns unchanged file name.

Why is it behaving that way ?

For instance, this works:

EDIT:

Solution: single quote prevents `basename ...` evaluation by the shell before the command is run.

asked Feb 18, 2013 at 18:37

majkinetormajkinetor

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Because the basename command is run before the pipeline is run. To make this work you need xargs to execute basename and you can do that with sh -c, e.g.:

Notes:

• If you don't tell xargs where to insert the file names they will be added at the end of the command line.
• You should use the -L1 switch or its equivalent, so xargs only passes one argument to sh.
• Using the output of ls may have unwanted effects.

Edit

Removed deprecated options, thanks TechZilla

answered Feb 18, 2013 at 20:10

ThorThor

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I'm unsure about your question, are you actually asking why your first line doesn't work? Or are you looking for a proper method to rename all the .sh files?

Assuming it's the cleanest method, I prefer to prepare command options before xargs. For removing a .sh file extension, I often consider this approach,

answered Feb 18, 2013 at 20:10

J. M. BeckerJ. M. Becker

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xargs builds the command from the standard input - however, it is not available for Windows command shell... therefore I 've decided to build one and it turns out a Batch script is enough...

Source: https://github.com/DoctorLai/BatchUtils/blob/master/xargs.cmd

Building command from standard input:

Building command from text file:

Reposted to blog: https://helloacm.com/simple-xargs-batch-implementation-for-windows/

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