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Install GNU Parallel on any system including Cygwin
#!/bin/bash
# useful for platforms such as Cygwin that don't currently have GNU Parallel in their repo.
# prerequisite: make
(
wd=$(mktemp -d)
wget -nc -P $wd ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-latest.tar.bz2
cd $wd
tar -xf parallel-latest.tar.bz2
cd parallel-*
./configure && make && make install
)
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