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Re:Ask HN: What's the best obscure but useful CLI tool? by qhwudbebd on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:21PM (#35459851)
Sometimes xargs -P is useful too, but it's much more limited than GNU parallel.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best obscure but useful CLI tool? by hayst4ck on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:48PM (#35476650)
I think `xargs -P -I` is probably the closest thing to magic when it comes to commands.
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