Running loops in the background
In certain situations, the script with loops may take lot of time to complete. In such situations, we may decide to run the script containing loops in the background so that we can continue other activities in the same terminals. The advantage of this will be that the terminal will be free for giving the next commands.
The following for_15.sh
script is the technique to run a script with loops in the background:
#!/bin/bash for animal in Tiger Lion Cat Dog do echo $animal sleep 1 done &
Let's test the program:
$ chmod +x for_15.sh $ ./for_15.sh
The following will be the output after executing the preceding commands:
Tiger Lion Cat Dog
In the preceding script, the for
loop will process animals Tiger
, Lion
, Cat
, and ...
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