Compare it to a bashism like find . -name '*.py' | sed 's/.*/"&"/' | xargs wc -l But instead of using | to tie the different functions together you're usin

Compare it to a bashism like find . -name '*.py' | sed 's/.*/"&"/' | xargs wc -l But instead of using | to tie the different functions together you're using . and the order is reversed.