Hey, another option is to let xargs separate on newlines instead of spaces with its »--delimiter« option. That way you can still use ls: [0 mosu@sweet-chili ~/tmp] ls | xargs -d '\n' ls -l -rw-rw-r-- 1 mosu vj 0 25. Jan 12:50 Another file with spaces.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 mosu vj 0 25. Jan 12:50 Hello World.txt Kind regards, mosu ​