Multithread Batch Queue. How do?

Question

How do this?

z1.bat z2.bat z3.bat z4.bat z5.bat z6.bat z7.bat ... z20.bat

How to run multithread? 5 files run, finish; next 5 files run, finish; next...

in Linux I'd say http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ or maybe Xargs — Alister Bulman, Nov 11 '13 at 18:59
See [Waiting for parallel batch scripts](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12665498/1012053) for a robust technique that works with Windows batch files. — dbenham, Nov 13 '13 at 00:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '13 at 19:06

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setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
for /l %%b in (1=1=20) do (
      set /a wait_bat=%%b%%5
      if !wait_bat! equ 0 (
        start /w z%%b.bat
      ) else (
         start z%%b.bat
      )

)
endlocal

answered Nov 11 '13 at 19:06

npocmaka

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No, this assumes that the 5th process does not finish before the others. If running 10 script, you could end up with 9 running simultaneously if the 5th is very fast compared to others. – dbenham Nov 13 '13 at 00:46

Multithread Batch Queue. How do?

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