#!/bin/bash SERVER1=parallel-server3 SERVER2=parallel-server2 # -L1 will join lines ending in ' ' cat <<'EOF' | sed -e s/\$SERVER1/$SERVER1/\;s/\$SERVER2/$SERVER2/ | parallel -j10 -k -L1 echo '### Test -k 5'; sleep 5 echo '### Test -k 3'; sleep 3 echo '### Test -k 4'; sleep 4 echo '### Test -k 2'; sleep 2 echo '### Test -k 1'; sleep 1 EOF