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#!/usr/bin/env bash

args=( "${@:-}" )

if echo "${args[@]}" | grep -qFe '{}'; then
    tr '\n' '\0'  | xargs -0 -n1 -I{} -- "${args[@]}"
elif echo "${args[@]}" | grep -qEie '[%][1-9][0-9]*'; then
    IFS=$'\n'

    arg_indices=()

    ind=0
    for a in "${args[@]}"; do
        if [[ $a =~ %([1-9][0-9]*) ]]; then
            replace_indices+=( $ind )
            arg_indices+=( "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" )
        fi
        ind=$((ind + 1))
    done

    while read -r -d $'\n' line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
        this_cmd=( "${args[@]}" )
        this_args=(  $( tr ' ' '\n' <<< "$line" ) )
        ind=0
        for r in "${replace_indices[@]}"; do
            replace_with="${this_args[${arg_indices[$ind]} - 1]}"
            this_cmd[$r]="${this_cmd[$r]//%${arg_indices[$ind]}/$replace_with}"
            ind=$((ind + 1))
        done
        "${this_cmd[@]}"
    done
else
    tr '\n' '\0'  | xargs -0 -n1 -I{} -- "${args[@]}" {}
fi