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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`