#!/usr/bin/perl

=head1 NAME

parcat - cat files or fifos in parallel

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<parcat> [--rm] [-#] file(s) [-#] file(s)

=head1 DESCRIPTION

GNU B<parcat> reads files or fifos in parallel. It writes full lines
so there will be no problem with mixed-half-lines which you risk if
you use:

   (cat file1 & cat file2 &) | ...

Arguments can be given on the command line or passed in on stdin
(standard input).

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 9

=item -B<#>

Arguments following this will be sent to the file descriptor B<#>. E.g.

  parcat -1 stdout1 stdout2 -2 stderr1 stderr2

will send I<stdout1> and I<stdout2> to stdout (standard output = file
descriptor 1), and send I<stderr1> and I<stderr2> to stderr (standard
error = file descriptor 2).

=item --rm

Remove files after opening. As soon as the files are opened, unlink
the files.

=back

=head1 EXAMPLES

=head2 Simple line buffered output

GNU Parallel saves output to tempfiles. If the amount of data is
bigger than the free disk space, then you can use this technique to do
line buffering without saving to disk:

  mkfifo slot-{1..5}
  seq 10000000 | parallel -j5 --round --pipe 'cat > slot-{%}' &
  parcat slot-{1..5} | wc

=head1 REPORTING BUGS

GNU B<parcat> is part of GNU B<parallel>. Report bugs to
<bug-parallel@gnu.org>.


=head1 AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 2016,2017 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk and Free
Software Foundation, Inc.

=head1 LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
at your option any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

=head2 Documentation license I

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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the file fdl.txt.

=head2 Documentation license II

You are free:

=over 9

=item B<to Share>

to copy, distribute and transmit the work

=item B<to Remix>

to adapt the work

=back

Under the following conditions:

=over 9

=item B<Attribution>

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your use of the work).

=item B<Share Alike>

If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute
the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible
license.

=back

With the understanding that:

=over 9

=item B<Waiver>

Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from
the copyright holder.

=item B<Public Domain>

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applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.

=item B<Other Rights>

In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:

=over 9

=item *

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=item *

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=item *

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=back

=item B<Notice>

For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the
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=back

A copy of the full license is included in the file as cc-by-sa.txt.

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

GNU B<parcat> uses Perl.


=head1 SEE ALSO

B<cat>(1), B<parallel>(1)

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