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Why does "parallel --tty -Xj1 vim" hang?

By issuing the following commands:

touch foo bar
echo foo bar | parallel --tty -Xj1 vim

The last command does not open the foo and bar files in the Vim editor but shortly afterwards prevents the current tab of the GNOME terminal from accepting any key presses such as CTRL-C, CTRL-D etc. To recover the current terminal tab must be closed via the 'X' button.

Any ideas how to make the last command work?

Solution

  • It is a known bug introduced in 20141122. It is fixed in the git version and in version <20141022.