head -5 /usr/share/dict/words
same result as with xargs
grep petard /usr/share/dict/words
same result as with xargs
not sure what you are trying to demonstrate here
useless use of xargs?
same result as with xargs
grep petard /usr/share/dict/words
same result as with xargs
not sure what you are trying to demonstrate here
useless use of xargs?
Are you even reading this discussion properly or are you just searching for some shell snippets and ridicule them as soon as you get a chance? This is what it looks like from your history: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=uselessuseof
ionwake doesn't want to learn how to search a word. He wants to know how 'xargs node -e' works. Please read this again: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4075293