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ralph on Sept 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Unix Commands I Abuse Every Day

I too like xargs but see no need for these two xargs given sed is already used?

    find images -name '*.jpg' |
    sed 's/\.jpg$//
        s/.*/convert -geometry 200x &.jpg &_thumb.jpg/'

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