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https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel

Fast command line app in rust/tokio to run commands in parallel. Similar interface to GNU parallel or xargs plus useful features. Listed in Awesome Rust utilities.
https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel

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Fast command line app in rust/tokio to run commands in parallel. Similar interface to GNU parallel or xargs plus useful features. Listed in Awesome Rust utilities.

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# rust-parallel



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Run commands in parallel and aggregate outputs.  Async application using [tokio](https://tokio.rs).



[Example commands](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Examples) and [detailed manual](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual).



Similar interface to [GNU Parallel](https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_examples.html) or [xargs](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/xargs.1.html) plus useful features:

* Run commands from [stdin](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#commands-from-stdin), [input files](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#reading-multiple-inputs), or [`:::` arguments](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#commands-from-arguments)

* Automatic parallelism to all cpus, or [configure manually](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#parallelism)

* Transform inputs with [regular expressions](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#regular-expression)

* Prevent [output interleaving](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Output-Interleaving)

* [Very fast in benchmarks](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Benchmarks)

* Shell mode to run [bash functions](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#bash-function) and [commands](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#shell-commands)

* [TUI progress bar](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#progress-bar) using [indicatif](https://github.com/console-rs/indicatif)

* Path cache

* [Command timeouts](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#timeout)

* [Structured debug logging](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#debug-logging)

* [Dry run mode](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual#dry-run)



Listed in [Awesome Rust - utilities](https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#utilities)



## Contents:

* [Installation](#installation)

* [Documents](#documents)

* [Tech Stack](#tech-stack)



## Installation:

Recommended:



1. Download a pre-built release from [Github Releases](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/releases) for Linux, MacOS, or Windows.

2. Extract the executable and put somewhere in your $PATH.



For manual installation/update:

1. [Install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started)

2. Install the latest version of this app from [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/rust-parallel):

```

$ cargo install rust-parallel   

```

3. The same `cargo install rust-parallel` command will also update to the latest version after initial installation.



## Documents:

1. [Examples](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Examples) - complete runnable commands to give an idea of overall features.

1. [Manual](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Manual) - more detailed manual on how to use individual features.

1. [Benchmarks](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Benchmarks)

1. [Output Interleaving](https://github.com/aaronriekenberg/rust-parallel/wiki/Output-Interleaving) - output interleaving in rust-parallel compared with other commands.



## Tech Stack:

* [anyhow](https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow) used for application error handling to propogate and format fatal errors.

* [clap](https://docs.rs/clap/latest/clap/) command line argument parser.

* [itertools](https://docs.rs/itertools/latest/itertools/) using [`multi_cartesian_product`](https://docs.rs/itertools/latest/itertools/trait.Itertools.html#method.multi_cartesian_product) to process `:::` command line inputs.

* [indicatif](https://github.com/console-rs/indicatif) optional TUI progress bar.

* [regex](https://github.com/rust-lang/regex) optional regular expression capture groups processing for `-r`/`--regex` option.

* [tokio](https://tokio.rs/) asynchronous runtime for rust.  From tokio this app uses:

  * `async` / `await` functions (aka coroutines)

  * Singleton `CommandLineArgs` instance using [`tokio::sync::OnceCell`](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/sync/struct.OnceCell.html).

  * Asynchronous command execution using [`tokio::process::Command`](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/process/struct.Command.html)

  * [`tokio::sync::Semaphore`](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/sync/struct.Semaphore.html) used to limit number of commands that run concurrently.

  * [`tokio::sync::mpsc::channel`](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/sync/mpsc/fn.channel.html) used to receive inputs from input task, and to send command outputs to an output writer task.  To await command completions, use the elegant property that when all `Senders` are dropped the channel is closed.

* [tracing](https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/) structured debug and warning logs.

  * [`tracing::Instrument`](https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/attr.instrument.html) is used to provide structured debug logs.

* [which](https://github.com/harryfei/which-rs) used to resolve command paths for path cache.