Shell Scripting: Using xargs to execute parallel instances of a shell function

Question

I\'m trying to use xargs in a shell script to run parallel instances of a function I\'ve defined in the same script. The function times the fetching of a page, and so it\'s impo

Answer 1

If you install GNU Parallel on another system, you will see the functionality is in a single file (called parallel).

You should be able to simply copy that file to your own ~/bin.