I am very new to unix, i have the script below and im trying to find out what it does and how is it doing it?
(edit jmc remove the line numbers)
Code:
1: #!/bin/bash
2: #
3: # Run this script as follows: ./script 44 33 22 11 12 23 34 45 5 1 3 2 4
4: #
5: function process() {
6: sleep "$1"
7: echo -n "$1 "
8: }
9:
10: for data in $*; do
11: process "$data" &
12: done
13: wait
14: echo
15:
16: exit 0Code:
#!/bin/bash
#
# Run this script as follows: ./script 44 33 22 11 12 23 34 45 5 1 3 2 4
#
function process() {
sleep "$1"
echo -n "$1 "
}
for data in $*; do
process "$data" &
done
wait
echo
exit 0