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NAME
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parcat - cat files or fifos in parallel


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SYNOPSIS
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\ **parcat**\  [--rm] [-#] file(s) [-#] file(s)


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DESCRIPTION
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GNU \ **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:


.. code-block:: perl

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


It is faster than doing:


.. code-block:: perl

    parallel -j0 --lb cat ::: file*


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


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OPTIONS
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- -\ **#**\ 
 
 Arguments following this will be sent to the file descriptor \ **#**\ . E.g.
 
 
 .. code-block:: perl
 
    parcat -1 stdout1 stdout2 -2 stderr1 stderr2
 
 
 will send \ *stdout1*\  and \ *stdout2*\  to stdout (standard output = file
 descriptor 1), and send \ *stderr1*\  and \ *stderr2*\  to stderr (standard
 error = file descriptor 2).
 


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



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EXAMPLES
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Simple line buffered output
===========================


\ **traceroute**\  will often print half a line. If run in parallel, two
instances may half-lines of their output. This can be avoided by
saving the output to a fifo and then using \ **parcat**\  to read the two
fifos in parallel:


.. code-block:: perl

   mkfifo freenetproject.org.fifo tange.dk.fifo
   traceroute freenetproject.org > freenetproject.org.fifo &
   traceroute tange.dk > tange.dk.fifo &
   parcat --rm *fifo




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REPORTING BUGS
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GNU \ **parcat**\  is part of GNU \ **parallel**\ . Report bugs to
<bug-parallel@gnu.org>.


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AUTHOR
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Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Ole Tange, http://ole.tange.dk and Free
Software Foundation, Inc.


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LICENSE
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DEPENDENCIES
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GNU \ **parcat**\  uses Perl.


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SEE ALSO
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\ **cat**\ (1), \ **parallel**\ (1)

