bsd man page for wait

Query: wait

OS: bsd

Section: 1

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WAIT(1) 						      General Commands 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 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. (This bug does not apply to csh(1).) 7th Edition April 29, 1985 WAIT(1)
Related Man Pages
wait(2) - v7
wait(2) - minix
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8) - mojave
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8) - opensolaris
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8) - ultrix
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