[CentOS] Shell Script Help

[Stephen Harris]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:24:55AM -0500, 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.

Don't background them individually; background the whole lot

#!/bin/sh
(
  perl /scripts/create_graph.pl
  perl /scripts/create_graph_out.pl
  etc
) &

Now they will run one after another and you don't need to sleep
between them.


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rgds
Stephen