tldr/pages/linux/xargs.md

xargs

Execute a command with piped arguments.

• Main use:

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

• Handling whitespace in arguments:

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

• Inserting arguments at chosen position

`{{arguments}} | xargs -I piped_arguments {{command}} piped_arguments {{rest_of_arguments}}

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

sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove