- wait [-nohang]
[-untraced] [-pgroup]
[
pid] Wait for a child process with process ID
pid to terminate (or any process if
pid is omitted).
Options
- -nohang
Don’t block waiting on the process to terminate.
- -untraced
Return status of other child processes.
- -pgroup
Wait on any processes in process group.
The command returns a list with three elements: the process ID
of the process that terminated, the reason code
(EXIT, SIG,
SIGSTP, or STOP), and the
numeric exit code.
