> This program works for me both with login shell bash and login shell
> zsh. So it is something in your local setup.
>
> Add a new user and see if you can reproduce the error on a newly created user.
This is a good idea. I can confirm that the behavior is reproduced on a new
user after I change shells to zsh, logout, and log back in.. the solution is
simple enough: just append `SHELL=/bin/bash` to the line calling parallel:
#!/bin/bash
word="$1"
export word
work() {
tar zcf $word.tar.gz $word
}
export -f work
echo $word | SHELL=/bin/bash parallel work
