# Background Jobs in a Loop in Bash

DevFeed: [Background Jobs in a Loop in Bash](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/background-jobs-in-a-loop-in-bash-4520.md>)

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Author: Sourov Jajodia

Published: 2025-06-24T11:47:03Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Baeldung - Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/baeldung-linux.md>)

Topics: [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jobs.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [loops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loops.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [resource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resource.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>), [scripting-bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting-bash.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

A Bash tutorial on running loop iterations as background jobs, waiting for completion, and avoiding excessive parallel work.

## Source excerpt

Learn several patterns to run background jobs in a loop in Bash. The post Background Jobs in a Loop in Bash first appeared on Baeldung on Linux. Related Stories Why the Value of a Variable Modified in a while Loop Is Not Remembered Outside? Executing Commands in Gnuplot through Shell Script Converting Output to String in Linux