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ls | xargs -t -I varX md5 varX
md5 file1.txt
MD5 (file1.txt) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
md5 file2.txt
MD5 (file2.txt) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
md5 file3.txt
MD5 (file3.txt) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

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One item I don't understand yet is

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why {} forces arguments to be iterated through one at a time. Also, how would we allow more than one argument? -n2 will not work.

Debugging Xargs with echo

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