svn-fast-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting update: `date`"
rm -f svnupdate.* stderr.txt stdout.txt
ls -d1 */.svn/.. 2>/dev/null | split -l40 - svnupdate.
echo "`cat svnupdate.* 2>/dev/null | wc -l` projects updated in `ls -1 svnupdate.* 2>/dev/null | wc -l` parallel processes"
for f in svnupdate.*
	do svn update `cat $f` 2>>stderr.txt 1>>stdout.txt &
done 2>/dev/null 
wait
if [ -s stderr.txt ]; then
	echo "Update Failed: `date`"
	cat stderr.txt
else
	echo "Update succeeded: `date`"
	echo "remember to refresh projects in Eclipse"
fi

Update to hide glob errors in directories with no svn projects