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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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