Running multiple programs together in the shell script in infinite while loop

Question

I have such a shell script;

while true
do
     python get_proxies.py
     python run1.py & python run2.py & python run3.py & python run4.py &
     ......
done

In this loop, I want to run such programs together, but I don't want the script to pass to the next loop until all the programs finish processing.

How can I manage that?

Thanks,

idjaw · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28 20:26:39Z

2

Use the built in wait. So, no need for the loop even:

python run1.py & python run2.py & python run3.py & python run4.py &
wait

It will wait until the above commands complete

answered Feb 28, 2016 at 20:26

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user2532296 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28 20:27:37Z

1

I generally do these using xterm

xterm -e "sh -c 'python myscript.py'"

answered Feb 28, 2016 at 20:27

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