Run command on bash output delimited by space

Question

~]$packageManager list packages 

gives back

wordA1 wordB1 wordC1
wordA2 wordB2 wordC2
wordA3 wordB3 wordC3

I then want to run a second command on all B-column words, e.g.

~]$packageManager install packages wordB1 wordB2 wordB3

How can I achieve this elegantly, maybe as one liner with xargs..?

Answer 1

$ sudo yum install $(yum list packages | awk '{ print $2 }')