For specifying number of processors in GNU parallel

2016-10-24 Thread Samdani A
Hi If I have 8 CPU cores and if I want to specify the specific number of CPU cores to run the parallel command for example 5, is there any on how to do it?

Re: For specifying number of processors in GNU parallel

2016-10-24 Thread Timur M.
Just do $ man parallel and then search for "--jobs". On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Samdani A wrote: > Hi > > If I have 8 CPU cores and if I want to specify the specific number of CPU > cores to run the parallel command for example 5, is there any on how to do > it? >

Re: For specifying number of processors in GNU parallel

2016-10-24 Thread Shyam Saladi
from the GNU parallel manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html ): *--jobs* *N**-j* *N**--max-procs* *N**-P* *N* Number of jobslots on each machine. Run up to N jobs in parallel. 0 means as many as possible. Default is 100% which will run one job per CPU core on each machine. If *--