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xargs
Execute a command with piped arguments.
- Main use:
{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}
- Handle whitespace in arguments:
{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}
- Example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get:
sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove
- creating variables: copy all files that start with 'M' to the Desktop
ls M* | xargs -J % cp % ~/Desktop