Invoking xargs (GNU Findutils 4.10.0)
8.4 Invoking xargs
xargs [option…] [command [initial-arguments]]
xargs exits with the following status:
- 0
if it succeeds
- 123
if any invocation of the command exited with status 1-125
- 124
if the command exited with status 255
- 125
if the command is killed by a signal
- 126
if the command cannot be run
- 127
if the command is not found
- 1
if some other error occurred.
Exit codes greater than 128 are used by the shell to indicate that a program died due to a fatal signal.