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[ed bierly]

~$ cat f.txt

1

2

3

~$ cat a.awk

{if(a==$1)print}

~$ parallel 'awk -v a={} -f a.awk f.txt' ::: 2 3

2

3

# how can i get the same output with stdin

~$ cat f.txt | parallel 'awk -v a={} -f a.awk' ::: 2 3

2

~$ cat f.txt |parallel --pipe 'awk -v a={} -f a.awk' ::: 2 3

2