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xargs Cheat Sheet

printf 'a\nb\n' | xargs echo
printf 'a\nb\n' | xargs -n 1 echo
printf 'file1\nfile2\n' | xargs -I{} mv {} /tmp/
find . -print0 | xargs -0 rm
find . -print0 | xargs -0 -P 4 gzip
printf 'a,b,c' | xargs -d ',' echo
xargs -r