WAITPID(1) User Commands WAITPID(1) NAME waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes SYNOPSIS waitpid [-v] [--timeout|-t seconds] pid... DESCRIPTION waitpid is a simple command to wait for arbitrary non-child processes. It exits after all processes whose PIDs have been passed as arguments have exited. OPTIONS -v, --verbose Be more verbose. -t, --timeout seconds Maximum wait time. -e, --exited Don't error on already exited PIDs. -c, --count count Number of process exits to wait for. -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version and exit. EXIT STATUS waitpid has the following exit status values: 0 success 1 unspecified failure 2 system does not provide necessary functionality 3 timeout expired AUTHORS Thomas Weissschuh SEE ALSO waitpid(2) wait(1P) REPORTING BUGS For bug reports, use the issue tracker at . AVAILABILITY The waitpid command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive . util-linux 2.40.2 2024-07-04 WAITPID(1)