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<h1> The <tt>wait</tt> program </h1>
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<tt>wait</tt> waits for a set of children, then executes a program.
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<h2> Interface </h2>
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wait [ -r ] { [ <em>pids...</em> ] } <em>prog...</em>
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<li> <tt>wait</tt> reads a list of <em>pids</em> in a
(possibly empty) <a href="el_semicolon.html">block</a>,
and unquotes it. </li>
<li> <tt>wait</tt> waits for every child whose pid is
listed in <em>pids...</em>. If <em>pids...</em> is an
empty list, it waits for every child process it has. </li>
<li><tt>wait</tt> then execs into <em>prog...</em>. </li>
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<h2> Options </h2>
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<li> <tt>-r</tt> : reap mode. Do not pause until a child has
exited; only reap all pending zombies. The read block must be empty
for that option to be effective. </li>
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