python: add small example to README.

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Drew Frank 2012-10-15 16:34:53 -07:00
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Installation: Installation:
`python setup.py install` # python setup.py install
Sample usage:
1. Generate some results files by running parallel from the command line:
# mkdir outdir
# parallel --results outdir/ echo {arg1} {arg2} ::: arg1 1 2 ::: arg2 three four
2. Load the results using the gnuparallel Python package:
# python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 24 2012, 00:00:54)
[GCC 4.7.0 20120414 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gnuparallel
>>> help(gnuparallel.load)
>>> myresults = gnuparallel.load('outdir')
See documentation for the pandas project (http://pandas.pydata.org/) for
instructions on how to access and manipulate the loaded results.