xargs.1: access ' character portably

* xargs/xargs.1: Do the above.

Discussed at:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2025-11/msg00094.html

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G. Branden Robinson 2025-11-18 21:48:18 -06:00 committed by Bernhard Voelker
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@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
.TH XARGS 1 2024-06-03 findutils \" -*- nroff -*-
.ie \n(.g \{\
. ds ' \(aq
. ds en \(en
. ds ~~ \~
.\}
.el \{\
. ds ' '
. ds en \-
. ds ~~ \ \" backslash, space
.\}
@ -546,7 +548,8 @@ uses, and you can also use an extra invocation of
to ensure that very long lines do not occur.
For example:
.P
.B somecommand | xargs \-s 50000 echo | xargs \-I '{}' \-s 100000 rm '{}'
.B somecommand | xargs \-s 50000 echo | xargs \-I \*'{}\*' \-s 100000 \
rm \*'{}\*'
.P
Here, the first invocation of
.B xargs