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WAIT(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual WAIT(1)

NAME

    wait - await completion of process

SYNOPSIS

    wait

DESCRIPTION

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

    Because the _w_a_i_t(2) system call must be executed in the
    parent process, the Shell itself executes _w_a_i_t, 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.