Re: Multiple lines?

[Matthew Lai]

I had only skimmed through the tutorial and couldn't find it.

I took your reply to mean it is possible and I should therefore invest 
more time into it.

I did find what I was looking for after a more detailed pass.

Thanks
Matthew

On 2015-04-09 1:52 AM, Ole Tange wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Matthew Lai <m@matthewlai.ca> wrote:
>
> > Just wondering if there is an option to divide things up in blocks of lines?
> >
> > For example, if there is a file with a million lines, is there a way to run
> > 4 processes, with 250k lines input each?
> >
> > I have a large file I want to process in parallel, but the command has high
> > startup overhead.
> Before I answer that, please tell me whether you have:
>
> * watched the intro videos (http://pi.dk/1)
> * walked through the tutorial (man parallel_tutorial)
> * read the examples in the man page (LESS=+/EXAMPLE: man parallel)
>
>
> /Ole