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NAME

run-parts - run scripts or programs in a directory

SYNOPSIS

run-parts [--test] [--verbose] [--report] [--lsbsysinit] [--regex=RE] [--umask=umask] [--arg=argument] [--exit-on-error] [--help] [--version] [--list] [--reverse] [--] DIRECTORY

run-parts -V

DESCRIPTION

run-parts runs all the executable files named within constraints described below, found in directory directory. Other files and directories are silently ignored.
If neither the --lsbsysinit option nor the --regex option is given then the names must consist entirely of ASCII upper- and lower-case letters, ASCII digits, ASCII underscores, and ASCII minus-hyphens.
If the --lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end in .dpkg-old or .dpkg-dist or .dpkg-new or .dpkg-tmp, and must belong to one or more of the following namespaces: the LANANA-assigned namespace (^[a-z0-9]+$); the LSB hierarchical and reserved namespaces (^_?([a-z0-9_.]+-)+[a-z0-9]+$); and the Debian cron script namespace (^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$).
If the --regex option is given, the names must match the custom extended regular expression specified as that option's argument.
Files are run in the lexical sort order (according to the C/POSIX locale character collation rules) of their names unless the --reverse option is given, in which case they are run in the opposite order.

OPTIONS

--test

print the names of the scripts which would be run, but don't actually run them.

--list

print the names of the all matching files (not limited to executables), but don't actually run them. This option cannot be used with --test.

-v, --verbose

print the name of each script to stderr before running.

--report

similar to --verbose, but only prints the name of scripts which produce output. The script's name is printed to whichever of stdout or stderr the script first produces output on.

--reverse

reverse the scripts' execution order.

--exit-on-error

exit as soon as a script returns with a non-zero exit code.

--lsbsysinit

use LSB namespaces instead of classical behavior.

--new-session

run each script in a separate process session. If you use this option, killing run-parts will not kill the currently running script, it will run until completion.

--regex=RE

validate filenames against custom extended regular expression RE. See the EXAMPLES section for an example.

-u, --umask=umask

sets the umask to umask before running the scripts. umask should be specified in octal. By default the umask is set to 022.

-a, --arg=argument

pass argument to the scripts. Use --arg once for each argument you want passed.

--

specifies that this is the end of the options. Any filename after -- will be not be interpreted as an option even if it starts with a hyphen.

-h, --help

display usage information and exit.

-V, --version

display version and copyright and exit.

EXAMPLES

Print the names of all files in /etc that start with `p' and end with `d': run-parts --list --regex [aq]^p.*d$[aq] /etc

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1994 Ian Jackson. Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon. Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Guy Maor Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Clint Adams
run-parts is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is no warranty.