anywait () { for pid in "$@"; do while kill -0 "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.5; done; done }
Prints dots:
anywaitd () { for pid in "$@"; do while kill -0 "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.5; echo -n '.'; done; done }
Prints process ids:
anywaitp () { for pid in "$@"; do while kill -0 "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 0.5; echo -n $pid' '; done; echo; done }
You cannot anywait for other users processes.
$ wait 536 -bash: wait: pid 536 is not a child of this shell $ anywait 536 ^C $ anywaitd 537 ...............................^C $ anywaitp 5562 5563 5564 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5562 5563 5563 5563 5563 5563 5563 5563 5563 5564 5564 5564 5564 5564 5564 5564 5564
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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