Released as 20160422 ('PanamaPapers')

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,63 @@
+20160422
+
+* :::+ and ::::+ work like ::: and :::: but links this input source to
+  the previous input source in a --xapply fashion. Contrary to
+  --xapply values do not wrap: The shortest input source determines
+  the length.
+
+* --line-buffer --keep-order now outputs continously from the oldest
+  job still running. This is more what you would expect than the
+  earlier behaviour where --keep-order had no effect with
+  --line-buffer.
+
+* env_parallel supports tcsh, csh, pdksh. In fish it now supports
+  arrays. In csh/tcsh it now supports variables, aliases, and arrays
+  with no special chars. In pdksh it supports aliases, functions,
+  variables, and arrays.
+
+* Function exporting on Mac OS X works around old Bash version.
+
+* Better CPU detection on OpenIndiana.
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: How Can We Measure the Similarity Between
+  Resumes of Selected Candidates for a Job?
+  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275954089_How_can_we_measure_the_similarity_between_resumes_of_selected_candidates_for_a_job
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Automatic Methods for Assisted
+  Recruitment
+  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297738658_Automatic_Methods_for_Assisted_Recruitment
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Tools and techniques for computational
+  reproducibility
+  http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/03/17/022707.full.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Reinterpretation of ATLAS 8 TeV searches
+  for Natural SUSY with a R-Sneutrino LSP
+  http://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.06130.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: An Operational Radiometric Landsat
+  Preprocessing Framework for Large-Area Time Series Applications
+  https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb6/prof/FER/Publikationen/frantz_et_al_ieee-tgrs-2016-post-print.pdf
+
+* A basic demo of how GNU Parallel can speed up execution of commands
+  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8LO2jcvMc
+
+* Downloading a list of URLs
+  http://blog.gypsydave5.com/2016/02/04/xargs-and-curl/
+
+* qbatch uses GNU Parallel: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/qbatch/1.0rc2
+
+* FaceCrop uses GNU Parallel: https://github.com/EderSantana/FaceCrop
+
+* Parallel Processing with Catmandu
+  https://librecatproject.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/parallel-processing-with-catmandu/
+
+* GNU parallel 應用範例
+  http://staypython.blogspot.dk/2016/04/gnu-parallel.html
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20160322
 
 * env_parallel is a function that exports the environment (functions,

README

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ document.
 
 Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 
-    wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20160322.tar.bz2
-    bzip2 -dc parallel-20160322.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-    cd parallel-20160322
+    wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20160422.tar.bz2
+    bzip2 -dc parallel-20160422.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+    cd parallel-20160422
     ./configure && make && sudo make install
 
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 If you are not root you can add ~/bin to your path and install in
 ~/bin and ~/share:
 
-    wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20160322.tar.bz2
-    bzip2 -dc parallel-20160322.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-    cd parallel-20160322
+    wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20160422.tar.bz2
+    bzip2 -dc parallel-20160422.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+    cd parallel-20160422
     ./configure --prefix=$HOME && make && make install
 
 Or if your system lacks 'make' you can simply copy src/parallel

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20160322.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20160422.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20160322'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20160322'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20160422'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20160422'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures parallel 20160322 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20160422 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20160322:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20160422:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20160322
+parallel configure 20160422
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by parallel $as_me 20160322, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20160422, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20160322'
+ VERSION='20160422'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2867,7 +2867,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20160322, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20160422, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2929,7 +2929,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-parallel config.status 20160322
+parallel config.status 20160422
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20160322], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20160422], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -248,6 +248,16 @@ for Big Data Applications https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumb
 
 * <<Citation needed: Introspecting for RSA Key Material to Assist Intrusion Detection http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7331177&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D7331177>>
 
+* :::+ and ::::+ work like ::: and :::: but links this input source to the previous input source in a --xapply fashion. Contrary to --xapply values do not wrap: The shortest input source determines the length.
+
+* --line-buffer --keep-order now outputs continously from the oldest job still running. This is more what you would expect than the earlier behaviour where --keep-order had no effect with --line-buffer.
+
+* env_parallel supports tcsh, csh, pdksh. In fish it now supports arrays. In csh/tcsh it now supports variables, aliases, and arrays with no special chars. In pdksh it supports aliases, functions, variables, and arrays.
+
+* Function exporting on Mac OS X works around old Bash version.
+
+* Better CPU detection on OpenIndiana.
+
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: How Can We Measure the Similarity Between Resumes of Selected Candidates for a Job? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275954089_How_can_we_measure_the_similarity_between_resumes_of_selected_candidates_for_a_job
 
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: Automatic Methods for Assisted Recruitment https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297738658_Automatic_Methods_for_Assisted_Recruitment

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/parallel.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20160322
+Version: 	20160422
 Release: 	1.1
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities

src/env_parallel.pod

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ environment to GNU Parallel.
 If the shell function is not loaded, a dummy script will be run
 instead that explains how to install the function.
 
+B<env_parallel> is alpha quality and not production ready.
+
 =head2 Environment space
 
 B<env_parallel> only works if the size of the current environment is
@@ -283,6 +285,48 @@ Not supported by B<csh>.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 tcsh
+
+B<env_parallel> for B<tcsh> breaks B<$PARALLEL>, so do not use
+B<$PARALLEL>.
+
+Installation
+
+Put this in $HOME/.tcshrc:
+
+  source `which env_parallel.tcsh`
+
+E.g. by doing:
+
+  echo 'source `which env_parallel.tcsh`' >> $HOME/.tcshrc
+
+=over 8
+
+=item aliases
+
+  alias myecho echo
+  env_parallel myecho ::: test
+  env_parallel -S server myecho ::: test
+
+=item functions
+
+Not supported by B<tcsh>.
+
+=item variables
+
+  set myvar=test
+  env_parallel echo "\$myvar" ::: test
+  env_parallel -S tcsh@server echo "\$myvar" ::: test
+
+
+=item arrays with no special chars
+
+  set myarray=(foo bar baz)
+  env_parallel echo "\${myarray\[\{\}\]}" ::: 1 2 3
+  env_parallel -S tcsh@server echo "\${myarray\[\{\}\]}" ::: 1 2 3
+
+=back
+
 
 
 =head1 EXIT STATUS

src/env_parallel.tcsh

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 
 if ("`alias env_parallel`" == '') then
   # Activate alias
-##  alias env_parallel 'setenv PARALLEL "\!*"; source `which env_parallel.csh`'
-  alias env_parallel 'setenv PARALLEL "\!*"; source /tmp/env_parallel.csh'
+  alias env_parallel 'setenv PARALLEL "\!*"; source `which env_parallel.tcsh`'
 else
   # Get the scalar and array variable names
   set _vARnAmES=(`set | awk -e '{print $1}' |grep -vE '^(_|killring|prompt2)$'`)
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ else
   set _tMpaLLfILe=`tempfile`
   foreach _vARnAmE ($_vARnAmES);
     # if $?myvar && $#myvar <= 1 echo scalar_myvar=$var
-    eval if'($?'$_vARnAmE' && ${#'$_vARnAmE'} <= 1) echo scalar_'$_vARnAmE'=\"'\"\$$_vARnAmE\"'\"' >> $_tMpvARfILe;
+    eval if'($?'$_vARnAmE' && ${#'$_vARnAmE'} <= 1) echo scalar_'$_vARnAmE'='\"\$$_vARnAmE\" >> $_tMpvARfILe;
     # if $?myvar && $#myvar > 1 echo array_myvar=$var
     eval if'($?'$_vARnAmE' && ${#'$_vARnAmE'} > 1) echo array_'$_vARnAmE'="$'$_vARnAmE'"' >> $_tMpvARfILe;
   end

src/niceload

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20160323;
+$Global::version = 20160422;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($opt::version) {

src/parallel

@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ sub check_invalid_option_combinations {
 
 sub init_globals {
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20160420;
+    $Global::version = 20160422;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;

src/parallel.pod

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ positional replacement strings see B<{>I<n>B<}>.
 See also: B<{=perl expression=}> B<{>I<n>B<}>.
 
 
-=item B<:::> I<arguments>
+=item B<:::> I<arguments> (alpha testing)
 
 Use arguments from the command line as input source instead of stdin
 (standard input). Unlike other options for GNU B<parallel> B<:::> is
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Example:
   parallel echo ::: a b c :::+ 1 2 3 ::: X Y :::+ 11 22
 
 
-=item B<::::> I<argfiles>
+=item B<::::> I<argfiles> (alpha testing)
 
 Another way to write B<-a> I<argfile1> B<-a> I<argfile2> ...
 
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ If I<eof-str> is omitted, there is no end of file string.  If neither
 B<-E> nor B<-e> is used, no end of file string is used.
 
 
-=item B<--env> I<var>
+=item B<--env> I<var> (alpha testing)
 
 Copy environment variable I<var>. This will copy I<var> to the
 environment that the command is run in. This is especially useful for
@@ -623,28 +623,9 @@ In Bash I<var> can also be a Bash function - just remember to B<export
 The variable '_' is special. It will copy all exported environment
 variables except for the ones mentioned in ~/.parallel/ignored_vars.
 
-To copy Bash arrays you need an importer function, as Bash arrays
-cannot be exported:
-
-    import_array () {
-      local func=$1; shift;
-      export $func='() {
-        '"$(for arr in $@; do
-              declare -p $arr|sed '1s/declare -./&g/'
-            done)"'
-      }'
-    }
-
-    declare -A assoc='([one]="1" [two]="2")'
-    declare -a indexed='([0]="one" [1]="two")'
-
-    import_array my_importer assoc indexed
-
-    parallel --env my_importer \
-      'my_importer; echo "{}" "${indexed[{}]}" "${assoc[${indexed[{}]}]}"' ::: "${!indexed[@]}"
-
-To copy the full environment (both exported and not exported variables
-and functions) use env_parallel as described under the option I<command>.
+To copy the full environment (both exported and not exported
+variables, arrays, and functions) use B<env_parallel> as described
+under the option I<command>.
 
 
 See also: B<--record-env>.

src/sql

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20160323;
+    $Global::version = 20160422;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself