How to Install and Uninstall xjobs Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "xjobs" package

This guide let you learn how to install xjobs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xjobs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xjobs" package

Learn how to uninstall xjobs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xjobs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xjobs package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xjobs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120412-1build2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thierry Randrianiriana
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 79
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xjobs/xjobs_20120412-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 25808
MD5sum: f04f547e88d43de1a82288b9da25e3a1
SHA1: a4169ee4f910a59c865711fa8b0bfd393f7e037e
SHA256: 8f764e7fe91b43f15b66761f55d1ec21ad5ff12bfd4486b24fe689f6e3295619
SHA512: ea1deca0900700a76c739d71212748084756e7719a36eb653e7a5f9c92a97d5da2e9cb538f8598fac5306e5a76d0f8290eac3649b190757f83ead417247990d4
Homepage: http://www.maier-komor.de/xjobs.html
Description-en: reads job description line by line and executes them in parallel
xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It
limits the number of parallel executing jobs and starts new jobs when jobs
finish. Therefore, it combines the arguments from every input line with the
utility and arguments given on the command line. If no utility is given as an
argument to xjobs, then the first argument on every job line will be used as
utility. To execute utility xjobs searches the directories given in the PATH
environment variable and uses the first file found in these directories.
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xjobs is most useful on multi-processor/core machines when one needs to execute
several time consuming command several that could possibly be run in parallel.
With xjobs this can be achieved easily, and it is possible to limit the load
of the machine to a useful value. It works similar to xargs, but starts several
processes simultaneously and gives only one line of arguments to each utility
call.
Description-md5: 429be280b4070f74e51eb1a705e76510