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Re: Feeding gnu parallel with a fifo file
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Ole Tange |
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Re: Feeding gnu parallel with a fifo file |
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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:40:44 +0100 |
> From: Luis Otero <loteroc@gmail.com>
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> Hi,
> is it possible to feed gnu parallel with a fifo file (instead of a
> regular file)?
Yes:
$ mkfifo foo
$ seq 1 10 > foo &
$ parallel -a foo echo
Or:
$ mkfifo foo
$ seq 1 10 > foo &
$ parallel < foo echo
I am a bit puzzled why you ask: It would be faster simply to try it
than to send an email.
/Ole