mechanical_jane

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by mechanical_jane 6y ago
This gives an (artificial) example of the power of GNU Parallel over xargs: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405552/using-xargs-...
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10 years of GNU Parallel: GNU Parallel 20200422 ('10years') released [stable](savannah.gnu.org)
2 points by mechanical_jane 6y ago|0 comments
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
> This would break a cron-job as well. How so? GNU Parallel only outputs the notice if stderr is a terminal. I think you did not try this. Am I right about that? It is litteraly the 3rd point in https://git.savannah.gnu.org&
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
If it is as easy to silence as GNU Parallel and tells you how to do it (like GNU Parallel also does), I do not see a problem.
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Some of the alternatives to GNU Parallel are written in Go: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_alternatives.... Speed wise they are comparable to GNU Parallel. So the argument for Rust could be speed.
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
I think your example is wrong: $ seq 0 5 100000 | parallel touch {}.txt Or you you really want the infinite loop: $ yes | parallel touch '{= $_=seq()*5 =}'.txt '$' must be quoted $ loop --count-by 5 -- touch '$&#x27
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Why not save some quoting: parallel --slf input_file_here -j16 --nonall echo 'Matrix has you'
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Why not simply do as GNU Parallel suggests in the message: Run 'parallel --citation' ONCE and have the notice silenced. I never understood the complaint: Is it because people do not _read_ the message?
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Does that also apply to platforms where you as a consultant for hire does not have access to a C compiler for that given platform? It used to be an issue that non-free UNIXes did not include a C-compiler by default, and then C would really
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Yeah, quoting redirection is a bitch, but as long as you know GNU Parallel is just a program and not part of the shell, you can usually deduct which parts will be interpreted by the shell before GNU Parallel gets it. I often create bash fun
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Comparison to GNU Parallel's syntax: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_alternatives....
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
It would require your input not to have any special shell chars - e.g. no space. It is definitely not something I would dare to run in production.
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
Maybe the cheat sheet is made for you: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_cheat.pdf
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
But looking at the comparison, do you really find GNU Parallel that much harder to understand? parallel sh -c "echo hi; sleep 2; echo bye" -- 1 2 3 parallel echo hi";" sleep 2";" echo bye ::: 1 2 3
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by mechanical_jane 7y ago
I think the cheat sheet is made for you: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_cheat.pdf If you have a hard time getting it to work and remember how, then it is likely that the fundamentals of GNU Paralle
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
I like the definition that Big Data starts at the capacity of the biggest single hardddrive you can buy. So this year it is 14 TB.
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
If you are just looking for an alternative, GNU Parallel publishes a list of alternatives: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_alternatives....
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
We probably have to agree to disagree on that one: I see loads of commercials for buying iPhones. I do not see a lot of commercials for citing GNU Parallel. If I have to make a citation, it will cost me no money, but one line of text if I w
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
I am trying to understand your take. Do you also call Firefox nagware, when it pops up with a dialog box where you can click "Don't show this again"? To me the dialog box is actually worse, because the program often blocks un
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
Isn't that explained in the link in the very first question? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2013-11/msg00006...
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
I enjoy following your thought process. I cannot make that fit with the content of the FAQ: "In other words: It is preferable having fewer users, who all know they should cite, over having many users, who do not know they should cite.
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
Do you feel this is covered in the FAQ? http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git/plain/doc/cita...
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
Are your questions answered in the FAQ? http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git/plain/doc/cita...
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
Not LaTeX, but LibreOffice: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git/tree/src/paral...
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by mechanical_jane 8y ago
What problems arose? I usually just run --citation once on a new system, and never see the notice again, and I have never had the notice cause any problems as it only shows if the output is to the screen.
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Get more done at the Linux command line with GNU Parallel(opensource.com)
3 points by mechanical_jane 8y ago|0 comments