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xargs

converts from `stdin` to command line arguments

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Last updated 1 year ago

Some commands accept command line arguments only, so we have to use xargs in order to achieve the desired result

For example

cat filenames.txt | echo

The wouldnt execute without xargs as echo accepts command line arguments only

Create files given in a file called `filenames.txt` 

cat filenames.txt | xargs touch
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