1WAIT(1)                     General Commands Manual                    WAIT(1)
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NAME

6       wait - await completion of process
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SYNOPSIS

9       wait
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DESCRIPTION

12       Wait  until  all processes started with & have completed, and report on
13       abnormal terminations.
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15       Because the wait(2) system call must be executed in the parent process,
16       the Shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process.
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SEE ALSO

19       sh(1)
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BUGS

22       Not  all  the  processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are children of
23       the Shell, and thus can't be waited for.
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