pwait - await process completion
pwait [pid or process_name...]
pwait waits until all arguments have terminated.
If a number is passed pwait assumes it is a pid; otherwise it is
handled as a process name. To wait for a process--not a pid--called "123" use the
--name option.
If pwait was passed a process_name or invoked using the --name option,
pwait waits until all processes matching process_name have terminated,
including new processes spawned after invocation.
Mixing pids and process names is not supported.
The primary difference between pwait and wait is the latter is limited to
only child processes of the current shell, while pwait can be used to monitor
any process.
-i, --interval set watch interval in seconds (default: 0.5 sec)
-n, --name watch process based on exact name rather than pid
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-vv increase verbosity more
--version show version number and exit
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download pwait
$ wget https://github.com/wting/pwait/raw/master/pwait -
make it executable
$ chmod +x ./pwait -
move it to a folder in
$PATH$ mv ./pwait ~/bin/
proctools, wait
Copyright (c) 2013, William Ting. Licensed under BSD 2-clause: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.