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# 1  
Old 03-28-2014
Bash script parallel tasks and command to wait untill complete?

Hello,

im having bash script with

Code:
while ***
command1 &&
command2 &&
command3 &&
done

i want to ask how i can prevent overloading server, by waiting untill all commands complete? any low resources intensive command like "wait" - i dont know if exist?
# 2  
Old 03-28-2014
From the man page:
Quote:
wait [n ...]
Wait for each specified process and return its termination status. Each n may be a process ID or a job specification; if a job spec is given, all processes in that job's pipeline are waited for. If n is not given, all currently active child processes are waited for, and the return status is zero. If n specifies a non-existent process or job, the return status is 127. Otherwise, the return status is the exit status of the last process or job waited for.
# 3  
Old 03-28-2014
If you want to wait for all the 3 processes and also check their end status
Code:
command1 &
C1_PID="$!"
command2 &
C2_PID="$!"
command3 &
C3_PID="$!"

wait ${C1_PID}
RC1="$?"
wait ${C2_PID}
RC2="$?"
wait ${C3_PID}
RC3="$?"

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