echo "z1 z2"
is producing a single-line string:
z1 z2
ls
is producing two lines:
z1
z2
You can replicate its behavior with echo -e
, which will print \n
as newlines:
$ echo -e "z1\nz2" | xargs -I{} cat {}
abc
xyz
echo "z1 z2"
is producing a single-line string:
z1 z2
ls
is producing two lines:
z1
z2
You can replicate its behavior with echo -e
, which will print \n
as newlines:
$ echo -e "z1\nz2" | xargs -I{} cat {}
abc
xyz