How to use xargs within xargs ?
 

I have a command which produces multi line output with each line consisting of two fields seperated by a '=' where the first field is a module name and the second field is the value. I have to set the value of each to something else. the command to set value syntax is like

so I was trying xargs with -i option within an outer xargs to replace the placeholder in the command to set value location but the placeholder is being replaced with the outer placeholder value.

what i'm trying here is like this.

'


I know it becomes easier if I redirect the output from cut to a file and then start a new xargs chain, but i am curious if there is a simpler way to do this in a single command chain.

I've a suspicion nested xargs might not be the best plan but from a syntax point of view "xargs -i" takes optional text to specify what the recall symbol is.