1WAITPID(1)                       User Commands                      WAITPID(1)
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NAME

6       waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes
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SYNOPSIS

9       waitpid [-v] [--timeout|-t seconds] pid...
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DESCRIPTION

12       waitpid is a simple command to wait for arbitrary non-child processes.
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14       It exits after all processes whose PIDs have been passed as arguments
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OPTIONS

18       -v, --verbose
19           Be more verbose.
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21       -t, --timeout seconds
22           Maximum wait time.
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24       -e, --exited
25           Don’t error on already exited PIDs.
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27       -c, --count count
28           Number of process exits to wait for.
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30       -h, --help
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33       -V, --version
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EXIT STATUS

37       waitpid has the following exit status values:
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46           system does not provide necessary functionality
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49           timeout expired
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AUTHORS

52       Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@t-8ch.de>
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SEE ALSO

55       waitpid(2) wait(1P)
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REPORTING BUGS

58       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
59       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.
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AVAILABILITY

62       The waitpid command is part of the util-linux package which can be
63       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
64       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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68util-linux 2.39.2                 2023-06-14                        WAITPID(1)
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