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Usage

Build and execute command lines from standard input.

shell

xargs OPTIONS COMMAND

Option	Description
`-0` `--null`	Input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace.
`-d` `--delimiter`	Input items are terminated by the specified character.
`-n` `--max-args`	Use at most max-args arguments per command line.
`-P` `--max-procs`	Run up to max-procs processes at a time; the default is 1.
`-p` `--interactive`	Prompt the user about whether to run each command line and read a line from the terminal.
`-r` `--no-run-if-empty`	If the standard input does not contain any nonblanks, do not run the command.
`-I`	Pass arguments in the middle of a command. Delimiter becomes `\n` instead of space.

Create three files.

shell

echo 'one two three' | xargs touch

Randomize file names.

shell

printf '%s\n' * | shuf | xargs -rd '\n' sxiv
printf '%s\0' * | shuf -z | xargs -r0 sxiv

Move files using filenames written in a file.

shell

xargs -rI % mv "All/%" . < ~/move.txt

Check if musics in playlist exist.

shell

xargs -d '\n' file < playlist.m3u8 | grep 'cannot open'