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Re:GNU Parallel by snvzz on Monday December 26, 2016 @12:40PM (#13259010)
That's a classic misuse of cat.

Just use '<'.

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Re:GNU Parallel by kamijo-k on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @07:35AM (#13262738)
Yeah, but to me, this "misuse" actually makes the input and output clearer than using "<" and ">" together. After all, it places input on the left side of the command, and output on the right side.
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Re:GNU Parallel by ole_tange on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @09:01AM (#13263149)
Except for GNU Parallel --pipe. When you use '<' what you typically mean is '--pipepart -a file'.
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