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Re: wait fails to grab exit codes with multiple process substitutions

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  Re: wait fails to grab exit codes with multiple process substitutions Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-09-18 13:58 -0400

#15378 — Re: wait fails to grab exit codes with multiple process substitutions

On 9/14/19 6:29 AM, leo.dalecki@ntymail.com wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 3
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	I was trying to write a script that could run an arbitrary amount of asynchronous commands, and then as soon as one finishes, perform actions
> 	according to its exit code and output. 
> 
> 	I attempted to do this by using process substitution and the wait command. But wait's ability to retrieve the exit code of a finished process 
> 	that is a current shell's children seems inconsistent.

Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next version. All the
pieces are there, but I need to tie them together.

Chet

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