Xargs (or whatever) no space in front of the parameter

Question

I would like to execute something like this (git squash):

git rebase -i HEAD~3

extract 3 from git log

:

git log | blabla | xargs git rebase -i HEAD~

It doesn't work because xargs inserts a space after HEAD~

.

The problem is that I want the alias for this command, so I can't just use

git rebase -i HEAD~`git log | blabla`

because the number will only be evaluated when defining the alias.

I don't need to use xargs

, I just need an alias (preferably not a function).

+3

Gismo ranas 03 June At 9:53 am

2 answers

Try the following:

git log | blabla | xargs -i bash -c 'git rebase -i HEAD~{}'

+1

klashxx 03 June 15 at 10:06

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-03T10:06:26+0000

You can use the option -I

for xargs

:

git log | blabla | xargs -I% git rebase -i HEAD~%