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On 13 Dec 2011 at 18:20:03, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> 2011-12-13 19:04:12 +0100, Jérémie Roquet:
> [...]
> > I'm wondering if you're not just looking for zargs :-)
> [...]
> 
> Or GNU parallel or pexec.
> 

I considered GNU parallel but the loop seems do much easier for what I
wanted to do. pexec needs to be compiled - too hard for this job. The
loop idea was just too easy to use.

I didn't know about zargs but I'll play with it. Thanks.

		Anthony.