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# xargs
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> execute a command with piped arguments
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- main use
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`{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}`
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- handling whitespace in arguments
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`{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}`
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- example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get
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`sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove`
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