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As I understand it, xargs only runs on the local machine; GNU parallel can run on remote machines as well. So parallel is the cluster-friendly version of xargs'
by chrisaycock 16y ago
As I understand it, xargs only runs on the local machine; GNU parallel can run on remote machines as well. So parallel is the cluster-friendly version of xargs's -P.
- pixelbeat 16y agoYep. There also is dxargs which looks very useful http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/distributed-xargs.html http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/distributed-xargs.h...
- tange 16y agoPlease read http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#differences_between_dxargs_and_gnu_parallel http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#differences_be... before selecting dxargs.