====== Ubuntu - xargs - Limit Output per Line ======

Use the **-n** option to specify the number of arguments you are limiting xargs to.

<code bash>
echo "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" | xargs -n 3
</code>

returns:

<code bash>
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
</code>