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xargs: add example as discussed in #878

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Also moved the concrete example to the end.
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Waldir Pimenta 2016-05-16 07:51:34 +01:00
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`{{arguments_null_terminated}} | xargs -0 {{command}}`
- Delete all files that start with 'M':
`find . -name 'M*' | xargs rm`
- Insert arguments at chosen position, using '%' as the placeholder marker:
`{{arguments}} | xargs -I % {{command}} % {{extra_arguments}}`
`{{arguments}} | xargs -I '%' {{command}} % {{extra_arguments}}`
- Use the output of one command as arguments to another command:
`{{command1}} | xargs {{command2}}`
- Specific example: delete all files that start with 'M':
`find . -name 'M*' | xargs rm`