create_table=' CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS dbtest; USE dbtest; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ttable; CREATE TABLE `ttable` ( `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `foo` int(11) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE KEY `index_unique` (`foo`) ) ' transaction1='INSERT INTO ttable (`foo`) VALUES (699422), (699421) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE foo = VALUES (foo)' transaction2='INSERT INTO ttable (`foo`) VALUES (699439), (699439) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE foo = VALUES (foo)' mysql -u root -e "$create_table" for i in {1..100}; do mysql -u root dbtest -e "$transaction1" & mysql -u root dbtest -e "$transaction2" done