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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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