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xjobs – similar to xargs with enhanced support for multiprocessor machines

xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It limits the number of parallel executing jobs.

kindd is billed as a kindful dd. It’s written using Qt Quick, a software application framework. Open source software.

dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. You can specify file positions (called seek and Skip in dd).

Hypercalc is an interpreted calculator program designed to calculate extremely large numbers.

This article spotlights alternative tools to time, a simple tool that provides timing statistics about a program run.

Performance counters for Linux are a kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis.

Flemozi is a simple, fast, and lightweight picker for desktop operating systems. It’s written in Dart.

rust-parallel is a command-line utility to execute commands in parallel and aggregate their output. It’s written in Rust.

Think of rargs as similar to xargs and awk with pattern-matching support. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers. This tool is written in Perl.