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parallel
Execute jobs in parallel from the shell using one or more computers
Description
GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. It can split input and pipe it into commands in parallel, making it a powerful tool for parallelizing shell operations and batch processing.
AI Summary
Execute shell jobs in parallel across one or more computers for faster processing
Capabilities
- + Run commands in parallel across multiple CPU cores
- + Split input and distribute across parallel jobs
- + Execute jobs across multiple computers via SSH
- + Replace xargs with parallel execution
- + Control number of concurrent jobs
Use When
- → You need to parallelize shell commands for faster execution
- → You want to distribute jobs across multiple machines
- → You need a more powerful alternative to xargs