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6 parcat - cat files or fifos in parallel
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9 parcat [--rm] [-#] file(s) [-#] file(s)
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12 GNU parcat reads files or fifos in parallel. It writes full lines so
13 there will be no problem with mixed-half-lines which you risk if you
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16 (cat file1 & cat file2 &) | ...
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18 Arguments can be given on the command line or passed in on stdin
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22 -# Arguments following this will be sent to the file descriptor
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25 parcat -1 stdout1 stdout2 -2 stderr1 stderr2
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31 --rm Remove files after opening. As soon as the files are opened,
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36 GNU Parallel saves output to tempfiles. If the amount of data is bigger
37 than the free disk space, then you can use this technique to do line
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41 seq 10000000 | parallel -j5 --round --pipe 'cat > slot-{%}' &
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45 GNU parcat is part of GNU parallel. Report bugs to
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