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 ## Generating links programatically
 Encoding (Mac)
 
-```echo -n 'hello world' | lzma -9 | base64 | printf "https://itty.bitty.site/#/%s\n" "$(cat -)"```
+```echo -n 'hello world' | lzma -9 | base64 | xargs -0 printf "https://itty.bitty.site/#/%s\n"```
 
 Encoding (Linux)
 
-```echo -n 'hello world' | lzma -9 | base64 -w0 | printf "https://itty.bitty.site/#/%s\n" "$(cat -)"```
+```echo -n 'hello world' | lzma -9 | base64 -w0 | xargs -0 printf "https://itty.bitty.site/#/%s\n"```
 
 Encoding (Win Git/WSL)