A better method to achieve this is to use [SLURM job arrays](https://slurm.schedmd.com/job_array.html)
**(Sequential File Names)**
**Sequential File Names**
If your input files are named sequentially, then you can utilize the environment variable ${SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID} to submit different files in different array tasks.
```
#!/bin/bash
...
...
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ srun sleep 30
* %a in the #SBATCH line becomes the array index
* ${SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID} is a shell variable that is set when the job runs, and each array task has unique value: 1, 2, .., 5
