title: Makefile run processes in background
body: <p>I have this in my Makefile:</p>
  
  <pre><code>run:
       for x in *.bin ; do ./$$x ; done
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>such that it launches all executables one by one. I want to do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>run:
       for x in *.bin ; do ./$$x &amp;; done
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so that it starts each executable and puts it in the background. I get a syntax error for the above statement when I put the ampersand. <br></p>
  
  <p>I dont want to invoke the make as <code>make &amp;</code> since this will run processes in the background but still one by one, whereas I want individual executables to run in the background, so that at any instant I have more than one executable running. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance.</p>