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Hi,

Your solution on (http://kochanski.org/blog/?p=326) can be done this way too:

#!/bin/bash

cores=4

for x in whatever
do
if test `jobs | wc -l` -lt $cores
then
some-script.sh $x &
echo “processing $x …”
else
sleep 0.1
fi
done
wait

Greetings,

Nabi
The Netherlands

Sorry no, here is an correction:

cores=4

for x in whatever
do
while test `jobs | wc -l` -ge $cores
do
sleep 0.1
done

echo “processing $x …”
some-script.sh $x &
done
wait

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