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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WAIT 1  "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: wait \- await completion of process
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B wait
        !             6: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             7: Wait until all processes started with
        !             8: .B &
        !             9: have completed,
        !            10: and report on abnormal terminations.
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: Because the
        !            13: .IR  wait (2)
        !            14: system call must be executed in the parent process,
        !            15: the Shell itself executes
        !            16: .I wait,
        !            17: without creating a new process.
        !            18: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            19: sh(1)
        !            20: .SH BUGS
        !            21: Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage
        !            22: pipeline are children of the Shell, and thus can't be waited for.
        !            23: (This bug does not apply to
        !            24: .IR csh (1).)

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