fish-shell/doc_src/wait.txt

\section wait wait - wait for jobs to complete

\subsection wait-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
wait [-n | --any] [PID | PROCESS_NAME] ...
\endfish

\subsection wait-description 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.

\subsection wait-example Example

\fish
sleep 10 &
wait $last_pid
\endfish
spawns `sleep` in the background, and then waits until it finishes.
\fish
for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end
wait
\endfish
spawns five jobs in the background, and then waits until all of them finishes.
\fish
for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 10 &; end
hoge &
wait sleep
\endfish
spawns five jobs and `hoge` in the background, and then waits until all `sleep`s finishes, and doesn't wait for `hoge` finishing.