So we can do: /srv/docsbuild/venv/bin/python /srv/docsbuild/scripts/build_docs.py --quick --language en --branch 3.6 3.7 3.8 Instead of: for branch in 3.6 3.7 3.8; do /srv/docsbuild/venv/bin/python /srv/docsbuild/scripts/build_docs.py --quick --language en --branch $branch; done