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## 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

       **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  con‐
       sist  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 sequentially in the lexical sort order (according to the C/POSIX locale charac‐
       ter  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  ac‐
              tually 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.

### -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.

### --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=
              sets  the umask to _umask_ before running the scripts.  _umask_ should be specified in oc‐
              tal.  By default the umask is set to 022.

### -a, --arg=
              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.



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