WAIT(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              WAIT(1)

NAME
     wait - await completion of process

SYNOPSIS
     wait

DESCRIPTION
     Wait until all processes started with & have completed, and
     report on abnormal terminations.

     Because the _w_a_i_t(2) system call must be executed in the
     parent process, the shell itself executes _w_a_i_t, without
     creating a new process.

SEE ALSO
     sh(1)

BUGS
     Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are
     children of the shell, and thus can't be waited for.

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