NAME

wait − wait for background processes to complete

SYNOPSIS

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.

EXAMPLE

wait

waits for all child processes to terminate. 

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. 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986