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Install rargs with Homebrew

Util like xargs + awk with pattern matching support. Version 0.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13.

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overview

Package summary

Util like xargs + awk with pattern matching support

Commands and aliases

  • rargs

history

Project history and usage

rargs is a Rust command-line utility that combines xargs-style command execution with awk-like field extraction and regular-expression matching.

Project history

rargs was developed as a Rust command-line utility for turning structured input lines into command arguments through pattern matching. The official repository presents it as an xargs-and-awk hybrid.

Adoption history

The official README documents distribution through Homebrew and Nix, direct release binaries, and Cargo installation. source_facts.package-manager currently records the Homebrew formula.

How it is used

rargs reads standard input line by line, splits or matches each line into numbered or named groups, substitutes those groups into a command template, and executes the resulting commands. Common examples include batch renaming, downloading URL/filename pairs, formatting delimited fields, and running jobs with multiple workers.

Why package nerds care

rargs occupies the composable Unix-filter niche between xargs and awk, adding Rust regular-expression captures and named placeholders to command construction. It is useful to package enthusiasts who favor small pipeline tools with modern parsing and parallel-execution features.

Timeline

  • The official repository documents availability through Homebrew, Nix, Cargo, and downloadable binaries; it does not provide a sufficiently precise dated origin timeline.

Related projects

  • xargs provides the command-construction model that rargs extends.
  • awk provides the field-oriented text-processing use cases that rargs targets.
  • The README notes that its regular-expression syntax is the Rust regex syntax also used by tools such as ripgrep.

security posture

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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for rargs. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-09-19
manager version0.3.0
manager updated2026-09-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.3.0

https://github.com/lotabout/rargs

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:rargs
Version0.3.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rargs
Homepagehttps://github.com/lotabout/rargs
Repositoryhttps://github.com/lotabout/rargs
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/lotabout/rargs/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-13T07:05:22Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namerargs
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gnu-sedShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, text-processing.
  • gawkShares pkgdb curated category or tags: awk, cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
  • sdShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, text-processing.
  • choose-rustShares pkgdb curated category or tags: awk, cli, developer-tools, text-processing.
  • srgnShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, text-processing.
  • regex-optShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regex, text-processing.

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