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# 1  
Old 02-12-2010
Run a script parallely with different arguments
Hi!
I want to run a script in parallel with different arguments.

eg.

start
script.sh argA script.sh argB script.sh argC
end

Can someone please tell how to achieve this.
Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 02-13-2010
Code:
script.sh argA &
script.sh argB &
script.sh argC &

# 3  
Old 02-14-2010
Thank you very much!
# 4  
Old 02-14-2010
you can
Code:
for ARG in argA argB argC
do
    script.sh $ARG &
done

or
Code:
for ARG in A B C
do
    script.sh arg$ARG &
done

too
# 5  
Old 02-15-2010
It is good practise to issue a wait statement after the start of all the background processes to stop the parent shell from exiting before all of its children have finished.
Code:
for ARG in argA argB argC 
do
    script.sh $ARG &
done
wait

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