title: How can I use -0 option to xargs when specifying the input manually?
body: <p>I have</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/bashpractice$ ls
  dir3 dir1   
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/bashpractice$ xargs ls -l 
  dir1 dir3
  dir1:
  total 0
  -rw-r--r-- 1 abc abc 0 2011-05-23 10:19 file1
  -rw-r--r-- 1 abc abc 0 2011-05-23 10:19 file2
  
  dir3:
  total 0
  -rw-r--r-- 1 abc abc 0 2011-05-23 10:20 file1
  -rw-r--r-- 1 abc abc 0 2011-05-23 10:20 file2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I get an error when I do</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/bashpractice$ xargs -0 ls -l
  dir1 dir3
  ls: cannot access dir1 dir3
  : No such file or directory
  
  abc@us-sjc1-922l:~/bashpractice$ xargs -0 ls -l
  dir1
  dir3 
  ls: cannot access dir1
  dir3
  : No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to get a listing when specifying -0 option to xargs ?</p>