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xargs

Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file, etc.
The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file.

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{arguments_source} | xargs {command}
{arguments_source} | xargs sh -c "{command1} && {command2} | {command3}"
find . -name {'*.backup'} -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v
{arguments_source} | xargs -I _ {command} _ {optional_extra_arguments}
{arguments_source} | xargs -P {max-procs} {command}
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