tldr/pages/common/wait.md

wait

Wait for a process to complete before proceeding. See also: ps to view information about running processes and waitpid. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-wait.

• Wait for a process to finish given its process ID (PID) and return its exit status:

wait {{pid}}

• Wait for all processes known to the invoking shell to finish:

wait

• Wait for a job to finish (run jobs to find the job number):

wait %{{job_number}}

• Display help:

wait --help