Do NOT get into this messy shit if you can avoid it! Use Python script instead if you can.
If you want to reliably get the name of a Bash script, it is recommended that you run the Bash script as an executable script instead of source it in.
Loops in Bash
Tips and Traps¶
- Forggeting
$is a common mistake when using a shell variable.
Parallel Computing in Bash
Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!
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& and wait
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parallel
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xargs
parallel is a cool bash command which makes parallel computing easy in Bash.
It is a parallel version replacement of xargs.