How can I use an argument from xargs to evalute another expression?












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I would like to evaluate a basename expression given an argument from xargs.



I tested:



find . -name '*.txt' | xargs -I f cp f DIR_OUT/copied_$(basename f)


which gives no file or directory because $(basename f) was not evaluated correctly.



I may split it two steps: copying and changing the filename, but I would like to learn how to evaluate an expression with an argument from xargs.









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    I would like to evaluate a basename expression given an argument from xargs.



    I tested:



    find . -name '*.txt' | xargs -I f cp f DIR_OUT/copied_$(basename f)


    which gives no file or directory because $(basename f) was not evaluated correctly.



    I may split it two steps: copying and changing the filename, but I would like to learn how to evaluate an expression with an argument from xargs.









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      I would like to evaluate a basename expression given an argument from xargs.



      I tested:



      find . -name '*.txt' | xargs -I f cp f DIR_OUT/copied_$(basename f)


      which gives no file or directory because $(basename f) was not evaluated correctly.



      I may split it two steps: copying and changing the filename, but I would like to learn how to evaluate an expression with an argument from xargs.









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      I would like to evaluate a basename expression given an argument from xargs.



      I tested:



      find . -name '*.txt' | xargs -I f cp f DIR_OUT/copied_$(basename f)


      which gives no file or directory because $(basename f) was not evaluated correctly.



      I may split it two steps: copying and changing the filename, but I would like to learn how to evaluate an expression with an argument from xargs.







      shell-script xargs basename dirname





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          You don't need basename here. If the destination path in the cp command is the path of an existing directory, then the file will be put into the the directory with its existing filename.





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            You don't need basename here. If the destination path in the cp command is the path of an existing directory, then the file will be put into the the directory with its existing filename.





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