On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Amadeus W.M. <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> [egreshko@meimei test]$ grep ^A out | wc >> 97 97 582 >> [egreshko@meimei test]$ grep ^B out | wc >> 94 94 564 >> [egreshko@meimei test]$ grep ^C out | wc >> 96 96 576 > > I replicated this and indeed I don't get 100 lines of As, Bs and Cs. > That's a new problem. Why don't I get all? Shouldn't all 300 echos have > been launched when the script completes? And if the script has completed > and there are echos running in the background, they should complete, no? > > I put a "wait" at the end of the script to wait for the completion of the > echos, but I still get fewer lines than 100 per A, B, C. > > This is aggravating. So not all echos get executed (why?), yet I still > don't see the output mingled. I admit I am not really clear on what output you want to get but does this give the output you want? ./ioTest.sh | cat > out John -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org