From 1b62918240266fc234abfffb11785839423c57f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Shuklin <george.shuklin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 04:16:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add example using GNU parallel to run tasks in concurrently
 (#1915)

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 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc6df4d..29a7550 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3061,6 +3061,19 @@ watchexec just foo
 See `watchexec --help` for more info, including how to specify which files
 should be watched for changes.
 
+### Running tasks in parallel
+
+GNU parallel can be used to run tasks concurrently:
+
+```just
+parallel:
+  #!/usr/bin/env -S parallel --shebang --ungroup --jobs {{ num_cpus() }}
+  echo task 1 start; sleep 3; echo task 1 done
+  echo task 2 start; sleep 3; echo task 2 done
+  echo task 3 start; sleep 3; echo task 3 done
+  echo task 4 start; sleep 3; echo task 4 done
+```
+
 ### Shell Alias
 
 For lightning-fast command running, put `alias j=just` in your shell's