On 3/12/24 7:29 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
hobbit:~$ bash -c 'set +m; for i in {0..3}; do sleep 1 & done; for i in {0..3}; do wait -n -p pid; e=$?;
printf "pid %s status %s\n" "$pid" "$e"; done'
pid 530407 status 0
pid 530410 status 0
pid status 127
pid status 127
Thanks for this example. This case is one where bash aggressively marks
terminated jobs as notified, making them eligible for removal from the
jobs list.
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