also of note is: -t : print the commands being run -I %: interpolate file name in command string. e.g. ls .mp4 |xargs -t -L 1 -I % scp % me@somebox:/movies

also of note is: -t : print the commands being run -I %: interpolate file name in command string. e.g. ls .mp4 |xargs -t -L 1 -I % scp % me@somebox:/movies to scp individual files (replaced in %) to a destination, one at a time, printing each command as it is run. Again, not the best example since you can scp .mp4 me@sombeox:/movies or rsync, etc. but you get the idea.