bash: start multiple chained commands in background

Question

I\'m trying to run some commands in paralel, in background, using bash. Here\'s what I\'m trying to do:

forloop {
  //this part is actually written in perl
          


        

Answer 1

You can pass parameters to a command group (having sequential commands) and run them in background.

for hrNum in {00..11};
do
    oneHour=$((10#$hrNum + 0))
    secondHour=$((10#$hrNum + 12))
    { echo "$oneHour"; echo "$secondHour"; } &
    wait
done