timendum/sleepsort.bash

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ijanos created this gist Jun 15, 2011.

sleepsort.bash

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+    #!/bin/bash
+    # Sleep sort
+    # http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1295544154
+    function f() {
+        sleep "$1"
+        echo "$1"
+    }
+    while [ -n "$1" ]
+    do
+        f "$1" &
+        shift
+    done
+    wait
+    # example usage:
+    # ./sleepsort.bash 5 3 6 3 6 3 1 4 7