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

last updated May 5, 2017 in BASH Shell, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse, UNIX

How do I run commands in parallel in a bash shell script running under Linux or Unix-like operating system? How can I run multiple programs in parallel from a bash script?

Linux: Skip or Bypass a Fsck

last updated December 20, 2008 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, OpenBSD, Suse, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux, UNIX

Q. I know how to force fsck on the next reboot using /forcefsck file. But how do I skip or bypass a fsck on reboot? How to stop a FSCK from prompting or running automatically when rebooting server.