Run parallel multiple commands at once in the same terminal

Question

I want to run a few commands, each of which doesn\'t quit until Ctrl-C is pressed. Is there something I can run to run all of them at once, and Ctrl-C will quit them all? Th

Answer 1

It can be done with simple Makefile:

sleep%:
        sleep $(subst sleep,,$@)
        @echo $@ done.

Use -j option.

$ make -j sleep3 sleep2 sleep1
sleep 3
sleep 2
sleep 1
sleep1 done.
sleep2 done.
sleep3 done.

Without -j option it executes in serial.

$ make -j sleep3 sleep2 sleep1
sleep 3
sleep3 done.
sleep 2
sleep2 done.
sleep 1
sleep1 done.

You can also do dry run with `-n' option.

$ make -j -n sleep3 sleep2 sleep1
sleep 3
sleep 2
sleep 1