NAME
    parllel-jobs

SNYOPSIS
      parllel-jobs --cmdfile=file 
        [--maxjobs=<number>] 
        [--quiet] [--sleep=<number>]
        [--norun] [--verbose]

DESCRIPTION
    This is a simple shell utility that allows you to run several other
    processes in parallel.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
    *   --verbose

        Be extra verbose. This will print out more information about the
        currently running processes.

    *   --norun

        Don't actualy execute the commands - just do a dry run.

    *   --cmdfile=s

        Specify the command file.

    *   --maxjobs=s

        Specify the maximum number of parallel jobs to run at one time.

    *   --sleep=s

        Set the sleep time (default is 1 second) to wait between polling for
        process status changes.

    *   --quiet

        Be quiet. This supresses both messages that --verbose would print as
        well as other messages.

COMMAND FILE FORMAT
    Command files should be one command per line in the file. Each line is
    just a single string that is executed the shell.

    Example:

      # specify several downloads to be run in parallel
      wget http://some.host/software.tar.gz
      wget http://some.host/database.mdb
      wget http://some.host/movie-trailer.mpeg
      wget http://some.host/linux-distrubtion.iso

      # run several remove ssh commands (you'd 
      # really want to set up ssh-agent before
      # trying this though)
      ssh user@host process_job 1
      ssh user@host process_job 2
      ssh user@host process_job 3
      ssh user@host process_job 4
      ssh user@host process_job 5
      ssh user@host process_job 6

KNOWN BUGS
    Processes that never exit will cause parallel-jobs to run forever :)

    There are no facilities for adding more jobs to the queue while the
    program is running.

AUTHORS
    Kyle R. Burton <krburton@cpan.org> <mortis@neverlight.com>