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4703 would like xargs support for -P
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-.TH XARGS 1 "November 24, 2012"
+.TH XARGS 1 "March 31, 2014"
.SH NAME
xargs \- construct argument lists and invoke utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBxargs\fR [\fB-t\fR] [\fB-0\fR] [\fB-p\fR] [\fB-e\fR[\fIeofstr\fR]] [\fB-E\fR \fIeofstr\fR]
[\fB-I\fR \fIreplstr\fR] [\fB-i\fR[\fIreplstr\fR]] [\fB-L\fR \fInumber\fR] [\fB-l\fR[\fInumber\fR]]
- [\fB-n\fR \fInumber\fR [\fB-x\fR]] [\fB-s\fR \fIsize\fR] [\fIutility\fR [\fIargument\fR...]]
+ [\fB-n\fR \fInumber\fR [\fB-x\fR]] [\fB-P\fR \fImaxprocs\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIsize\fR]
+ [\fIutility\fR [\fIargument\fR...]]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
@@ -169,10 +170,20 @@
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
.na
+\fB\fB-P\fR \fImaxprocs\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 15n
+Invokes \fIutility\fR using at most \fImaxprocs\fR (a positive decimal integer)
+parallel child processes.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
\fB\fB-s\fR \fIsize\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
Invokes \fIutility\fR using as many standard input arguments as possible
yielding a command line length less than \fIsize\fR (a positive decimal