Shell Programming and Scripting

#./final.sh &

# ps -a | grep bash

#! /bin/bash while true ; do 
  proc_num=$(ps -a | grep bash | wc -l)   while(( "$proc_num" < "5")) ;
 do     bash 
#add a single process   done 
  sleep 10
done
done
#let something else use the box done

#! /bin/bash
while true
do
   proc_num=$(ps a | grep yourscript | wc -l)
   echo "loop1: "proc_num=$proc_num
   sleep 2
   while (( $proc_num < 5 ))
      do
         echo "loop 2: "proc_num=$proc_num
         sleep 2
         yourscript &      #add a single process
         #sleep 1 # - this is for testing purpose... -#
         #let proc_num=$proc_num+1
      done
   echo " out of loop 1 "
   sleep 1
done
#let something else use the box done