xargs can be used to process output from other commands (such as find) as argument to a new commands.
It can come very handy in many cases, here are 3:
1. Finding and deleting .zip files:
$ find . -name "*.zip" -type f -print | xargs /bin/rm -f | SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; | |
| TRUNCATE `identify_log`; | |
| TRUNCATE `identify_statistics`; | |
| TRUNCATE `ex_product_image`; | |
| TRUNCATE `logistics_track_item`; | |
| TRUNCATE `core_url_rewrite`; | |
| ALTER TABLE `identify_log` AUTO_INCREMENT=1; | |
| ALTER TABLE `identify_statistics` AUTO_INCREMENT=1; |