parallel --version
GNU parallel 20181022
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Running on Solaris 10 1/13 x86, any spawned job is preceded by a stray "2". Example:
% parallel --verbose -k echo ::: A B C > abc-file
2 echo A
2 echo B
2 echo C
2: Command not found.
2: Command not found.
2: Command not found.
I tested with both the system's perl (5.8.4) and my own compile of perl 5.26.2. I am at a loss as to what is happening here.
-Henry