Re: My perl script to run arbitrary tasks in parallel

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Ignoramus30118 <ignoram...@NOSPAM.30118.invalid> writes:

> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> #
> # This script reads its standard input, or from files given on
> # command line (<>).
> #
> # It executes every line as a separate shell command. If --parallel
> # argument is given, it executes as many jobs in parallel, as
> # possible, but no more tham "--parallel" at any given time.
> #
> # This can be helpful to speed up some tasks.

Make with the -j option.

-j = as many as possible
-j nnn up to nnn at a time.

In addition job interdedpence can be handled.

Ie. don't start these 3 jobs until these other 2 run to completion
successfully.