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wait

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Wait for a process to finish given its process ID and return its exit status

wait process_idIdentify

Wait for all processes known to the invoking shell to finish

Wait for one of the processes to finish

wait -nIdentify

Wait for one of the processes to finish and store its PID in a variable

wait -n -p variableIdentify

Wait for a job to finish (run jobs to find the job number)

wait %job_numberIdentify

Display help

wait --helpIdentify

See also

ps · waitpid