rpm installing using for loop

[John Summerfied]

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I am stuck with installing rpm using for loop
> 
> I tried the below
> 
> #for i in 'cat list'; do rpm -ivh $i ; done

This construct is easier to see is right, and easier to nest:
@ for i in $(cat list)  do rpm -ivh $i ; done

but in this case I prefer
xargs <list rpm --upgrade

man xargs # for more




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