diff --git a/doc/release_new_version b/doc/release_new_version
index ce8f5c9b..94b4deb8 100644
--- a/doc/release_new_version
+++ b/doc/release_new_version
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ New in this release:
 
 * {= uq; =} causes the replacement string to be unquoted. Example: parallel echo '{=uq;=}.jpg' ::: '*'
 
+* --tagstring {=...=} is now evaluated for each line with --linebuffer.
+
+* Use -J ./profile to read a profile in current dir.
+
 * Speedup of startup by 40%: Find the parent shell differerently on GNU/Linux, cache information about the CPU and which setpgrp method to use to make GNU Parallel start 40% faster.
 
 https://techieroop.com/how-to-run-multiple-bash-scripts-in-parallel/
diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index 35c554bc..d1ce2a4d 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -2552,13 +2552,20 @@ sub read_options() {
 	    # --profile overrides default profiles
 	    @profiles = ();
 	    for my $profile (@opt::profile) {
-		# Look for the $profile in . and @Global::config_dirs
-		push @profiles, grep { -r $_ }
-		    map { "$_/$profile" } ".", @Global::config_dirs;
+		if($profile =~ m:^\./|^/:) {
+		    # Look for ./profile in .
+		    # Look for /profile in /
+		    push @profiles, grep { -r $_ } $profile;
+		} else {
+		    # Look for the $profile in @Global::config_dirs
+		    push @profiles, grep { -r $_ }
+		    map { "$_/$profile" } @Global::config_dirs;
+		}
 	    }
 	}
 	for my $profile (@profiles) {
 	    if(-r $profile) {
+		::debug("init","Read $profile\n");
                 local $/ = "\n";
 		open (my $in_fh, "<", $profile) ||
 		    ::die_bug("read-profile: $profile");
@@ -8161,11 +8168,26 @@ sub block_length($) {
 }
 
 sub remove_rec_sep($) {
+    # Remove --recstart and --recend from $block
+    # Input:
+    #   $block_ref = reference to $block to be modified
+    #   $recstart = --recstart
+    #   $recend = --recend
+    # Uses:
+    #   $opt::regexp = Are --recstart/--recend regexp?
+    # Returns:
+    #   N/A
     my ($block_ref,$recstart,$recend) = @_;
     # Remove record separator
-    $$block_ref =~ s/$recend$recstart//gos;
-    $$block_ref =~ s/^$recstart//os;
-    $$block_ref =~ s/$recend$//os;
+    if($opt::regexp) {
+	$$block_ref =~ s/$recend$recstart//gos;
+	$$block_ref =~ s/^$recstart//os;
+	$$block_ref =~ s/$recend$//os;
+    } else {
+	$$block_ref =~ s/\Q$recend$recstart\E//gos;
+	$$block_ref =~ s/^\Q$recstart\E//os;
+	$$block_ref =~ s/\Q$recend\E$//os;
+    }
 }
 
 sub non_blocking_write($) {
@@ -8176,7 +8198,7 @@ sub non_blocking_write($) {
     my $in = $self->fh(0,"w");
     my $rv = syswrite($in,
 		      substr($self->{'block'},$self->{'block_pos'}));
-    if (!defined($rv) && $! == EAGAIN()) {
+    if (!defined($rv) && $! == ::EAGAIN()) {
 	# would block - but would have written
 	$something_written = 0;
 	# avoid triggering auto expanding block
diff --git a/src/parallel_alternatives.pod b/src/parallel_alternatives.pod
index 554ecf58..2dd90c6a 100644
--- a/src/parallel_alternatives.pod
+++ b/src/parallel_alternatives.pod
@@ -1853,30 +1853,36 @@ https://github.com/spion/npm-parallel (Last checked: 2019-01)
 B<machma> runs tasks in parallel. It gives time stamped
 output. It buffers in RAM. The examples from README.md:
 
+  # Put shorthand for timestamp in config for the examples
+  echo '--rpl '\
+    \''{time} $_=::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",localtime())'\' \
+    > ~/.parallel/machma
+  echo '--line-buffer --tagstring "{#} {time} {}"' >> ~/.parallel/machma
+
   find . -iname '*.jpg' |
     machma --  mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
   find . -iname '*.jpg' |
-    parallel mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
+    parallel --bar -Jmachma mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
 
   cat /tmp/ips | machma -p 2 -- ping -c 2 -q {}
-  cat /tmp/ips | parallel -j 2 --tag --line-buffer ping -c 2 -q {}
+  cat /tmp/ips | parallel -j2 -Jmachma ping -c 2 -q {}
 
   cat /tmp/ips |
     machma -- sh -c 'ping -c 2 -q $0 > /dev/null && echo alive' {}
   cat /tmp/ips |
-    parallel --tag 'ping -c 2 -q {} > /dev/null && echo alive'
+    parallel -Jmachma 'ping -c 2 -q {} > /dev/null && echo alive'
 
   find . -iname '*.jpg' |
     machma --timeout 5s --  mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
   find . -iname '*.jpg' |
-    parallel --timeout 5s  mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
+    parallel --timeout 5s --bar mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
 
   find . -iname '*.jpg' -print0 |
     machma --null --  mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
   find . -iname '*.jpg' -print0 |
-    parallel --null mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
+    parallel --null --bar mogrify -resize 1200x1200 -filter Lanczos {}
 
-https://github.com/fd0/machma (Last checked: 2019-01)
+https://github.com/fd0/machma (Last checked: 2019-06)
 
 
 =head2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN interlace AND GNU Parallel
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
index 24779a18..6505e804 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
@@ -747,6 +747,24 @@ par_delimiter_space() {
     parallel -d " " echo ::: "1 done"
 }
 
+par_recend_not_regexp() {
+    echo '### bug #56558: --rrs with --recend that is not regexp'
+    echo 'a+b' | parallel -k --pipe --rrs --recend '+' -N1 'cat;echo end'
+}
+
+par_profile() {
+    echo '### Test -J profile, -J /dir/profile, -J ./profile'
+    echo --tag > testprofile_local
+    parallel -J ./testprofile_local echo ::: local
+    rm testprofile_local
+    echo --tag > testprofile_abs
+    parallel -J `pwd`/testprofile_abs echo ::: abs
+    rm testprofile_abs
+    echo --tag > ~/.parallel/testprofile_config
+    parallel -J testprofile_config echo ::: config
+    rm ~/.parallel/testprofile_config
+}
+
 
 export -f $(compgen -A function | grep par_)
 compgen -A function | grep par_ | LC_ALL=C sort |
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
index 873e727a..3b54951e 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ par_pipepart_recend_recstart	9
 par_pipepart_recend_recstart	10
 par_pipepart_roundrobin	### bug #45769: --round-robin --pipepart gives wrong results
 par_pipepart_roundrobin	2
+par_profile	### Test -J profile, -J /dir/profile, -J ./profile
+par_profile	local	local
+par_profile	abs	abs
+par_profile	config	config
 par_python_children	### bug #49970: Python child process dies if --env is used
 par_quote	### Test -q
 par_quote	a b
@@ -731,6 +735,10 @@ par_read_from_stdin	b 6
 par_read_from_stdin	b 7
 par_read_from_stdin	b 8
 par_read_from_stdin	b 9
+par_recend_not_regexp	### bug #56558: --rrs with --recend that is not regexp
+par_recend_not_regexp	aend
+par_recend_not_regexp	b
+par_recend_not_regexp	end
 par_replace_replacementstring	### Test replace {}
 par_replace_replacementstring	replace curlies
 par_replace_replacementstring	replace curlies