#!/bin/bash STARTPORT=$1 AMOUNT=$2 if [ "$2" == "" ]; then echo Syntax: $0 STARTPORT AMOUNT echo Example: $0 1991 8 gives you 8 receivers starting with port 1991 fi declare -A ARG count=0 for i in `seq $STARTPORT $((STARTPORT+$((AMOUNT-1))))`; do if [ "$((count%2))" == "0" ]; then ARG[$count]="slsReceiver --rx_tcpport $i" else ARG[$count]="slsReceiver --rx_tcpport $i --mode 1" fi count=$((count+1)) done xterms -k "${ARG[@]}"