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use xargs with bash function
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xargs_with_function.sh
#!/bin/bash
parse_and_echo() {
echo "\$1:$1 \$2:$2 \$3:$3 \$4:$4"
echo newline
}
export -f parse_and_echo
# `_' is placeholder for $0
cat ./xargs_with_function.txt | xargs -n 4 bash -c 'parse_and_echo $@' _
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xargs_with_function.txt
11 12 13 14
21 22 23 24
31 32 33 34
41 42 43 44
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