Re: {.} {/} {/.} ...

2011-04-23 Thread Ole Tange
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Cook, Malcolm wrote: > how about some syntax to get the dirname of {} > > maybe {..} Can you start by giving a few good examples on where this would be useful? What should {..} be if {} = foo.jpg (i.e. no dir)? What should {..} be if {} = mydir/ (i.e. {} is a di

GNU Parallel 20110411 ('Libya') released

2011-04-23 Thread Ole Tange
GNU Parallel 20110422 ('Libya') has been released. It is available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/ New in this release: * {#} now works an alias for $PARALLEL_PID. * --eta now estimates way more accurately. * CPU detection code for AIX thanks to Christian Netrwal. * --joblog