fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/wait.rst

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wait - wait for jobs to complete
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Synopsis
--------

::

    wait [-n | --any] [PID | PROCESS_NAME] ...

Description
-----------

``wait`` waits for child jobs to complete.

- If a pid is specified, the command waits for the job that the process with the pid belongs to.
- If a process name is specified, the command waits for the jobs that the matched processes belong to.
- If neither a pid nor a process name is specified, the command waits for all background jobs.
- If the ``-n`` / ``--any`` flag is provided, the command returns as soon as the first job completes. If it is not provided, it returns after all jobs complete.

Example
-------


::

    sleep 10 &
    wait $last_pid

spawns ``sleep`` in the background, and then waits until it finishes.


::

    for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end
    wait

spawns five jobs in the background, and then waits until all of them finishes.


::

    for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end
    hoge &
    wait sleep

spawns five jobs and ``hoge`` in the background, and then waits until all ``sleep``\s finish, and doesn't wait for ``hoge`` finishing.
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			`- If a pid is specified, the command waits for the job that the process with the pid belongs to.`
			`- If a process name is specified, the command waits for the jobs that the matched processes belong to.`
			`- If neither a pid nor a process name is specified, the command waits for all background jobs.`
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			`::`

			`sleep 10 &`
			`wait $last_pid`

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			`::`

			`for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end`
			`wait`

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			`::`

			`for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end`
			`hoge &`
			`wait sleep`

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