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        !             3: wait                         Command                         wait
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        !             8: Await completion of background process
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        !            10: wwaaiitt [_p_i_d]
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        !            12: Typing the  character `&' after  a command tells the  shell sh to
        !            13: execute it  as a background (or  detached) process; otherwise, it
        !            14: is executed as a foreground process.  You can perform other tasks
        !            15: while a  background process is being  executed.  The shell prints
        !            16: the process  id number of each background process  when it is in-
        !            17: voked.  ps reports on currently active processes.
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        !            19: The command  wait tells the shell to  suspend execution until the
        !            20: child  process with  the given  pid is completed.   If no  pid is
        !            21: given, wait suspends execution until all background processes are
        !            22: completed.   If the  process with  the given pid  is not  a child
        !            23: process of the current shell, wait returns immediately.
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        !            25: The shell executes wait directly.
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        !            27: ***** See Also *****
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        !            29: commands, ps, sh
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        !            31: ***** Notes *****
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        !            33: If a  subshell invokes a background  process and then terminates,
        !            34: wait will return  immediately rather than waiting for termination
        !            35: of the grandchild process.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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