> This “| xargs” at the end seems redundant. xargs what? xargs is used to run a 
> command on each word of > the input..

It forces the words into one line:

$ echo "zebra fox elephant elephant lion wolf fox " | xargs -n1 | sort -u | 
xargs
elephant fox lion wolf zebra

$echo "zebra fox elephant elephant lion wolf fox " | xargs -n1 | sort -u
elephant
fox
lion
wolf
zebra


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