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MULTISHELL: Stata module to allot do files and variations of loops across parallel instances of Windows Stata and computers efficiently

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  • Jan Ditzen

    (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)

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Stata

Abstract

multishell allows the efficient processing of loops and multiple do files across a single and multiple computers. multishell dissects forvalues and foreach loops and creates for each variation (tasks) a separate do file. The do files are queued and sequentially processed. Besides the do file, a .bat file is created for each task. Then Stata's build in shell command is used to start a new instance of Stata using the .bat file. The instance is closed as soon as the task is completed (or failed, then it is reported) and a new instance processing the next task is started. One instance is reserved to organise the tasks and starts other instances. Multiple instances can be run in parallel on the same computer.

Suggested Citation

  • Jan Ditzen, 2018. "MULTISHELL: Stata module to allot do files and variations of loops across parallel instances of Windows Stata and computers efficiently," Statistical Software Components S458512, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 31 Jul 2021.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s458512
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install multishell". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/multishell.ado
    File Function: program code
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/multishell.sthlp
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/MonteCarloSimulation_Multishell.do
    File Function: sample do file
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/MonteCarloSimulation.do
    File Function: sample do file
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/MonteCarloSimulation_panel.do
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/MonteCarloSimulation_Multishell_panel_server.do
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/MonteCarloSimulation_Multishell_panel_client.do
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