.TH WAIT 1 .SH NAME wait \- await completion of process .SH SYNOPSIS .B wait .SH DESCRIPTION Wait until all processes started with .B & have completed, and report on abnormal terminations. .PP Because the .IR wait (2) system call must be executed in the parent process, the Shell itself executes .I wait, without creating a new process. .SH "SEE ALSO" sh(1) .SH BUGS Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are children of the Shell, and thus can't be waited for.