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seq 5 | xargs -n1 <...>

• dTal 4y ago
  Very beautiful. Of course now you have to deal with xargs' wacky syntax and options for string interpolation, which is probably why people don't do this. Compare: for i in {1..5}; do echo file_$i; done with seq 5 | xargs -I % echo file_% I had to look up the manpage for xarg's -I, while the for loop uses a small number of orthogonal features entirely in my "working set". This is also why people "uselessly" use cat.