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#!/usr/bin/perl
=head1 NAME
parcat - cat files or fifos in parallel
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<parcat> 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 &) | ...
=head1 EXAMPLES
=head2 Do be done
mkfifo slot-{1..5}-digit-{0..9}
parallel -j5 'seq 100000 | grep {} > slot-{%}-digit-{}' ::: {0..9} &
parallel parcat slot-{1..5}-digit-{} '>' digit-{} ::: {0..9}
=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
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this documentation
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>
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or
licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or
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>
Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under
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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copyright exceptions and limitations;
=item *
The author's moral rights;
=item *
Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in
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=back
=item B<Notice>
For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the
license terms of this work.
=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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