EGSnrc Windows batch script to manually run jobs in parallel

egs-parallel.bat

@echo off
 
REM #################################################################################
REM
REM   usage:
REM      egs-parallel.bat (or double-click on this file)
REM
REM #################################################################################
 
REM # ask about command and number of processes
echo.
set /p egscommand=Enter the EGSnrc command you want to run:
set /p nstr=Enter number of parallel jobs:
set /a n=%nstr%
 
REM # Ready?
echo.
choice /N /M "Ready to run %egscommand% using %n% jobs [YN] ? "
if errorlevel 2 exit /b
 
REM ### launch $n EGSnrc jobs in parallel, in the background
echo.
for /l %%j in (1,1,%n%) do (
        echo LAUNCHING job %%j of %n%: %egscommand% -b -P %n% -j %%j -f 1
        start /b %egscommand% -b -P %n% -j %%j -f 1 >NUL 2>&1
)