[NTLUG:Discuss] Complex Script question

[Steve Baker]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
>
> I need to start multiple, simultaneos processes, 
> wait for them to finish, then do some local work, 
> then start some more, simultaneous proceses, do 
> some more local work, etc. 

bash has a builtin command 'wait [n]' where [n] is
a process ID...or just 'wait' - which waits for all
outstanding child processes of that shell.

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