Why this command create a file from first symbol “yes” and number from head (but not more 255 symbols)?

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This is command



yes | head -22 | tr -d 'n' | xargs touch 2>&1


created file yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.



Why this command work so?










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This is command



yes | head -22 | tr -d 'n' | xargs touch 2>&1


created file yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.



Why this command work so?










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This is command



yes | head -22 | tr -d 'n' | xargs touch 2>&1


created file yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.



Why this command work so?










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This is command



yes | head -22 | tr -d 'n' | xargs touch 2>&1


created file yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.



Why this command work so?







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I just want to understand! Why so many minuses?
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I just want to understand! Why so many minuses?
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