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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can only remember this because I initially didn't learn about xargs

so any time I need to loop over something I tend to use for var in $(cmd) instead of cmd | xargs. It's more verbose but somewhat more flexible IMHO.

So I run loops a lot on the command line, not just in shell scripts.