parallel: - as argfile will read from stdin

doc/FUTURE_IDEAS

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+parallel echo {1} {2} {3} ::: a b c :::: myfile ::: X Y
+
+parallel oggenc -q {1} {2} {2.}_{1}.ogg ::: 1 5 10 :::: wavfiles
+
+or
+
+parallel oggenc -q {1} {2} {2.}_{1}.ogg ::: 1 5 10 ::: *.wav
+
+or
+
+ls *.wav | parallel oggenc -q {1} {2} {2.}_{1}.ogg ::: 1 5 10 :::: -
+
+
+
 Postkort:
 - Forside kun figur
 - Bagside:

doc/release_new_version

@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ New in this release:
 * Robert from Echo One discusses using processes instead of threads:
   http://rrees.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/many-cores-many-threads/
 
+* How to run GNU Parallel on a SLURM cluster. Thanks to Kevin Stock.
+  http://www.kevinstock.org/2011/04/using-the-ri-cluster/
+
+* Short article about using GNU Parallel with lame:
+  http://loopkid.net/articles/2011/04/30/accelerate-lame-mp3-conversion
+
 * Bug fixes and man page updates.
 
 

src/parallel

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 	 "block|block-size|blocksize=s" => \$::opt_blocksize,
 	 "tollef" => \$::opt_tollef,
 	 "gnu" => \$::opt_gnu,
+	 "xapply" => \$::opt_xapply,
 	 # xargs-compatibility - implemented, man, testsuite
 	 "max-procs|P=s" => \$::opt_P,
 	 "delimiter|d=s" => \$::opt_d,
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20110422;
+    $Global::version = 20110503;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;
@@ -733,6 +734,9 @@ sub open_or_exit {
     #   file handle to read-opened file
     #   exits if file cannot be opened otherwise
     my $file = shift;
+    if($file eq "-") {
+        return ($Global::original_stdin || *STDIN);
+    }
     my $fh = gensym;
     if(not open($fh,"<",$file)) {
         print STDERR "$Global::progname: ".

src/parallel.pod

@@ -208,12 +208,18 @@ Read items from the file I<input-file> instead of stdin (standard input).  If
 you use this option, stdin is given to the first process run.
 Otherwise, stdin is redirected from /dev/null.
 
-If multiple B<-a> are given, one line will be read from each of the
-files. The arguments can be accessed in the command as B<{1}>
-.. B<{>I<n>B<}>, so B<{1}> will be a line from the first file, and
-B<{6}> will refer to the line with the same line number from the 6th
-file.
+(Below is unimplemented. Acts like --xapply now)
 
+If multiple B<-a> are given, all combinations of all lines will be
+generated. E.g. 1 2 and a b c will result in the combinations (1,a)
+(1,b) (1,c) (2,a) (2,b) (2,c). This is useful for replacing nested
+for-loops.
+
+The arguments can be accessed in the command as B<{1}>
+.. B<{>I<n>B<}>, so B<{1}> will be a line from the first file, and
+B<{6}> will refer to a line from the 6th file.
+
+See also B<--xapply>
 
 =item B<--arg-file-sep> I<sep-str>
 
@@ -1154,6 +1160,15 @@ See also B<-m>.
 Exit if the size (see the B<-s> option) is exceeded.
 
 
+=item B<--xapply> (Unimplimented)
+
+Read multiple files like B<xapply>. If multiple B<-a> are given, one
+line will be read from each of the files. The arguments can be
+accessed in the command as B<{1}> .. B<{>I<n>B<}>, so B<{1}> will be a
+line from the first file, and B<{6}> will refer to the line with the
+same line number from the 6th file.
+
+
 =item B<--shebang>
 
 =item B<--hashbang>