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Sleep sort!
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sleepsort.bash
#!/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
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