parallel 20251122

Build and execute command lines in parallel

GNU Parallel is a tool for executing shell jobs in parallel using one or more computers. Jobs can consist of single commands or of scripts and they are executed on lists of files, hosts, users or other items.

Outputs: doc, out
Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/parallel.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install parallel 20251122 as follows:

guix install parallel@20251122

Or install the latest version:

guix install parallel

The parallel package provides more outputs besides the default (out). You can install them by appending :output-name to the package specification. For example:

guix install parallel:doc

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.