tldr/pages/linux/xargs.md
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xargs

execute a command with piped arguments

  • main use

{{arguments}} | xargs {{command}}

  • handling whitespace in arguments

{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}

  • example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get

sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove