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parallel:tldr:44656
parallel: Gzip several files at once, using all cores.
$ parallel gzip ::: ${file1} ${file2} ${file3}
try on your machine
The command you provided is using the parallel
command to run multiple instances of gzip
in parallel on the given input files.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
parallel
is a command-line utility that allows running multiple instances of a command in parallel.gzip
is a compression utility used to compress files.:::
is used as a separator to indicate the list of files that will be processed in parallel.${file1} ${file2} ${file3}
are placeholders for the file names or paths that will be compressed. These should be replaced with the actual file names or paths you want to gzip.
Overall, the command will compress the files specified by file1
, file2
, and file3
using gzip
in parallel, potentially increasing the compression speed when dealing with multiple files.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.