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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)wait.1      6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH WAIT 1 "April 29, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: wait \- await completion of process
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B wait
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: Wait until all processes started with
        !            11: .B &
        !            12: have completed,
        !            13: and report on abnormal terminations.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: Because the
        !            16: .IR  wait (2)
        !            17: system call must be executed in the parent process,
        !            18: the Shell itself executes
        !            19: .I wait,
        !            20: without creating a new process.
        !            21: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            22: sh(1)
        !            23: .SH BUGS
        !            24: Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage
        !            25: pipeline are children of the Shell, and thus can't be waited for.
        !            26: (This bug does not apply to
        !            27: .IR csh (1).)

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