#!/bin/bash for((i=1;i <=10;i++)) do php /var/www/get.php done I have the above shell script that I'm using to execute get.php for 10 times . However it seems that the script(s) are executed one by one so I would like to know if it's possible to execute all of them at once (obviously without to type the php path command for 10 times )
If you want to run them all concurrently, you can change:
php /var/www/get.php into:
php /var/www/get.php & This runs the process in the background rather than the foreground. It's your responsibility to ensure that your script is functional when running in the background of course. You may have to watch out for resources that don't like being shared, or mingling of the outputs from the different processes.
If you also wanted to wait for all ten to finish as well, start with:
#!/bin/bash for((i=1;i <=10;i++)) do php /var/www/get.php & done wait 
man bash, I'm kinda confused at "If n is not given, all currently active child processes are waited for". Doesn't that mean just one wait is necessary? CMIIWwait will wait for them all. I must be confusing it with one of my many other languages I purport to know :-) I'll fix it up.#!/bin/bash for((i=1;i <=10;i++)) do php /var/www/get.php & done Just add an ampersand.
Another variation :
seq 1 3 | while read i; do /usr/bin/php -v &; done; 