Parallel Document Conversion ODT > PDF Libreoffice

Question

I am converting hundreds of ODT files to PDF files, and it takes a long time doing one after the other. I have a CPU with multiple cores. Is it possible to use bash or python to

Answer 1

this thread or answer is old. I tested libreoffice 4.4, I can confirm I can run libreoffice concurrently. see my script.

for odt in test*odt ; do
echo $odt
soffice --headless --convert-to pdf $odt & 
ps -ef|grep ffice 
done