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    A very helpful an informative answer, thank you ! I'm currently learning bash, and I've seen both xargs and the $(*) notation before, but didn't pay much attention to them. Now I know just how important they are, and will definitely look into them. Commented Sep 16, 2010 at 14:41
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    xargs may have been what OP was looking for.
    – Heyzeuss
    Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 9:03
  • So I remember: xargs is for those commands that only accept cmd parameters - echo here -, but no std input from commands before - cat can do.
    – Timo
    Commented Apr 15, 2022 at 8:22