NAME

wait − await completion of process

SYNOPSIS

wait

DESCRIPTION

Wait until all processes started with & have completed, and report on abnormal terminations. 

Because the wait(2) system call must be executed in the parent process, the Shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process. 

SEE ALSO

sh(1)

BUGS

Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are children of the Shell, and thus can’t be waited for.  (This bug does not apply to csh(1).)

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