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shmux-1.0.3p1

execute a command on many hosts in parallel

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Description

shmux is program for executing the same command on many hosts in parallel. For each target, a child process is spawned by shmux, and a shell on the target obtained one of the supported methods: rsh, ssh, or sh. The output produced by the children is received by shmux and either (optionally) output in turn to the user using an easy to read format, or written to files for later processing making it well suited for use in scripts.

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Ports path
sysutils/shmux
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
sysutils
Available flavors
None listed

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