Manual: run-parts
RUN-PARTS(8) System Manager's Manual RUN-PARTS(8)
NAME
run-parts - run scripts or programs in a directory
SYNOPSIS
run-parts [--test] [--verbose] [--debug] [--report] [--lsbsysinit] [--regex=RE] [--umask=umask] [--arg=argument]
[--exit-on-error] [--help] [--version] [--list] [--reverse] [--] DIRECTORY [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 up‐
per- 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 op‐
tion's argument.
Files are run sequentially 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.
If more than more DIRECTORY is specified, then files with the same name in earlier directories will take precedence
over files in directories specified in later arguments. This allows run-parts to receive directories with scripts in
both /usr and /etc but let files in /etc override scripts in /usr if they are named the same. The directory under
/etc would need to be specified before the path under /usr for this to happen.
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 op‐
tion 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.
-d, --debug
print to stderr which scripts get selected for running and which don't.
--reverse
reverse the scripts' execution order.
--exit-on-error
exit as soon as a script returns with a non-zero exit code.
--stdin
multiplex stdin to scripts being run, using temporary file
--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 '^p.*d$' /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.
Debian 27 Jun 2012 RUN-PARTS(8)