Is there a better way to run a command N times in bash?

Question

I occasionally run a bash command line like this:

n=0; while [[ $n -lt 10 ]]; do some_command; n=$((n+1)); done

To run some_command

Answer 1

Using GNU Parallel you can do:

parallel some_command ::: {1..1000}

If you do not want the number as argument and only run a single job at a time:

parallel -j1 -N0 some_command ::: {1..1000}

Watch the intro video for a quick introduction: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1

Walk through the tutorial (http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_tutorial.html). You command line with love you for it.