Parallel Xargs

Args command syntax to parallel xargs. Copyable examples, output expectations, and common mistakes.

Terminal

<args> | parallel -X <command>

<args> | parallel -X <command>

#!/bin/bash

# Parallel Xargs
{{args}} | parallel -X {{command}}

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

<args>: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Args before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<args>: args; The value supplied for args.
<command>: command; The value supplied for command.
-X: Command Option; Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

Alternative Approaches

Alternative tools for a closely related operation.

curl [-k|--insecure] [-x|--proxy] http://127.0.0.1:8080 [-H|--header] '{Authorization: Bearer token}' [-X|--request] GET https://example.com