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<h2>wait - Wait for process completion</h2>
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<strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<p><strong>wait</strong> [ <em>job</em> ... ]</p>
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<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
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<p>You can use <strong>wait</strong> to wait for the specified <em>
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jobs</em> to end. If <em>job</em> is not specified, <strong>
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qsh</strong> waits for all child processes to end.</p>
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<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
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<p>None.</p>
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<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
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<p>Each <em>job</em> specifies an active job. The job can be
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specified as a:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Number to refer to a process id. <strong>qsh</strong> waits for
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the given process to end.</li>
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<li>%number to refer to a job number. <strong>qsh</strong> waits
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for all processes in the job to end.</li>
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<li>%string to refer to a job whose name begins with string.
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<strong>qsh</strong> waits for all processes in the job to
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end.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
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<p>When no <em>job</em> was specified, the exit status is:</p>
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<li>0 when all running jobs have ended.</li>
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<li>>0 when unsuccessful.</li>
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<p>When at least one <em>job</em> was specified, the exit status is
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the exit status of the last <em>job</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>Related information</strong></p>
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<li><a href="jobs.htm">jobs - Display status of jobs in current
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session</a></li>
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<li><a href="kill.htm">kill - Terminate or signal
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processes</a></li>
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<li><a href="trap.htm">trap - Trap signals</a></li>
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</ul>
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<strong>Examples</strong>
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<ol>
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<li>Wait for process id 16825 to end: <strong>wait</strong>
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16825</li>
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<li>Wait for job number 5 to end: <strong>wait</strong> %5</li>
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