[lug] Controlling Process Order/Timing

[Alan Robertson]

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to force commands following each other in a script to
> execute one at a time once the preceding command has finished.
> 
> I applied the command nice with the options to a list of commands and
> didn't get the results I was seeking.  I'm aware that pidof, grep,
> sed, and a few others can do the job, but not without a loop.
> 
> I'm looking for a command that has all the processing built-in without
> "reinventing-the-wheel."
> 
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I'm not sure why you're running them in the background if you want to wait
on them anyway...

Have you tried wait?  It waits on the $! process to finish.

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at suse.com