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Old 12-19-2008
Execute All Commands in A contrl File

Hi ,

I have a situation i need to write a while loop until the end of control file.In the control file i have a 5 lines which contains commands.how can i execute all with out waiting for the first one to complete.

Ex ControlFile:

ScripitName Test
ScriptName Test1
ScriptName Test2

while read -r inline
do
$inline # inline = ScriptName Test
done < ControlFile

I need to complete the whole loop with out waiting until the execution of the previous command.

Appreciate your help.
# 2  
Old 12-20-2008
what you need is an ampersand at the end of the command, to run it in background:
Code:
 while read line ; do   $line &   done < ControlFile

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