


      WAIT(1)                     (UNIX 5.0)                    WAIT(1)



      NAME
           wait - await completion of process

      SYNTAX
           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.



































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