Using xargs, described in the Linux xargs manual as a tool which builds and execute command lines from standard input, once can exert a significant amount of additional power over any other command executed on the Bash command line. Basically, xargs will take the output from any other tool, and use that as it’s own input for further processing and action (hence the reference to executing command lines in the manual). If this is your first few weeks or months with xargs, or you are only just starting, this is the best place for you to get into xargs.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/xargs-for-beginners-with-examples