On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg < Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr> wrote: > Matt wrote: > > I have a script file in my cron.hourly that contains a good number of > > scripts I must call. > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > sleep 15 > > perl /scripts/create_graph.pl & > > > > sleep 15 > > perl /scripts/create_graph_out.pl & > > > > many more lines. etc. > > > > Is there a way I can sleep random length to time before executing each > > but background each one so master script returns promptly. Something > > like. > > sleep 15 && perl /scripts/create_graph.pl & > should return promptly, another reply addresses the random part. > > sleep $(($RANDOM%300))