Someone else can reply better than I concerning
xargs because I rarely use that utility.
FWIW: if I had your problem I would write a 5 line
PERL script that:
(1) opens the file
(2) reads each line into a $variable
(3) executes the DB command with $variable.
You can also do this with other shell languages using the same basic idea/algorithm above.
Someone familar with
PERL , for example, could write the script faster than it takes to post to the forum
because it is just a few lines of code.
Others may want to discuss your
xarg problem-solution more directly......
can you believe it?? ...... i was just making a peanut-butter-and-jelly sand' and dropped a big hunk of peanut butter on the keyboard replying to this post ....