i=0 while [ "${i}" -lt 8 ] do i=`expr ${i} + 1` perl ./tpcb.pl --host=ndb13 -i --port=15001 --loops=1000 --log=/tmp/log.out & done i=`ps -e |grep perl |wc -l` while [ "${i}" -gt 0 ] do sleep 10 i=`ps -e |grep perl |wc -l` done perl ./tpcb.pl --host=ndb13 -i --port=15001 --truncate echo "Done!!!"