= Parallel =

'''`parallel(1)`''', often referred to as '''GNU parallel''' to differentiate it from the generic word 'parallel', is a command line utility for executing shell commands or scripts in parallel.

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== Installation ==

Most [[Linux]] distributions offer a `parallel` package.

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== Usage ==

If using [[https://wiki.dominic-ricottone.com/PopplerUtilities#Extracting_Images|pdfimages]] on multiple PDF files, try:

{{{
ls * | parallel pdfimages -png {} {}
}}}

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== See also ==

[[https://man.archlinux.org/man/parallel.1.en|parallel(1)]]



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