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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by Anthony-G on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:24PM (#15322332)
Parsing `ls` is never a good idea[1]. A more robust way to use globbing in a POSIX shell would be something like this:

    printf "%s\0" files* | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 8 long_process
1. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs
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Re:Parallel processing with Unix tools by enriquto on Sunday September 24, 2017 @01:40AM (#15323497)
I disagree with the article that you linked. Filenames are variable names that you get to choose. Half of the game is won by chosing them wisely, so that they are convenient to use.
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