#!/bin/bash

NUM=$1; shift

if [ -z "$NUM" ]; then
    echo "Usage: parallel <number_of_tasks> command"
    echo "    Sets environment variable i from 1 to number_of_tasks"
    echo "    Defaults to 20 processes at a time, use like \"MAKEOPTS='-j5' parallel ...\" to override."
    echo "Example: parallel 100 'echo \$i; sleep \`echo \$RANDOM/6553 | bc -l\`'"
    exit 1
fi

export CMD="$@";

true ${MAKEOPTS:="-j20"}

cat << EOF | make -f - -s $MAKEOPTS
PHONY=jobs
jobs=\$(shell echo {1..$NUM})
    
all: \${jobs}

\${jobs}:
	i=\$@ sh -c "\$\$CMD"
EOF