Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file, etc. The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file. More information: <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html>.

• Run a command using the input data as arguments:
  arguments_source | xargs command
• Run multiple chained commands on the input data:
  arguments_source | xargs sh -c "command1 && command2 | command3"
• Delete all files with a `.backup` extension (`-print0` uses a null character to split file names, and `-0` uses it as delimiter):
  find . -name '*.backup' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v
• Execute the command once for each input line, replacing any occurrences of the placeholder (here marked as `_`) with the input line:
  arguments_source | xargs -I _ command _ optional_extra_arguments
• Parallel runs of up to `max-procs` processes at a time; the default is 1. If `max-procs` is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a time:
  arguments_source | xargs -P max-procs command

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