Shell Programming and Scripting

counter=1
until [ $counter -ge 10 ]
do
   some_script ${counter} &
   ((i=$i+1))
done
wait             # Script will not continue until they all finish

first_script  &
second_script &
third_script  &
fourth_script &
fifth_script  &

wait             # Script will not continue until they all finish

programname &

#!/bin/bash --posix
var=""
for n in $( seq 1 2 )
do
	xterm -e ~/childmultitask.sh &
done
echo "Done!"
echo "You are still in your original calling script!!!"
echo "Your background srcipts are running now so......"
read -p "Press <CR> to go back to the terminal:- " -e var
exit

#!/bin/bash --posix
x=0
while true
do
	echo -n "$x "
	x=$[ ( x + 1 ) ]
	sleep 1
done