How to run command or code in parallel in bash shell under Linux or Unix

You can run commands in parallel in the bash shell using the “&” operator to run a command in the background, and the “wait” command to wait for all background jobs to complete.

For example:

# Run command1 in the background
command1 &

# Run command2 in the background
command2 &

# Wait for all background jobs to complete
wait

You can also use the “xargs” command to run multiple commands in parallel, specifying the maximum number of parallel jobs with the “-P” option.

For example:

# Run up to 4 commands in parallel
echo "command1 command2 command3 command4" | xargs -n 1 -P 4 sh -c

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