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plop.sh
#!/bin/bash
pids=""
(sleep 10; exit 10) & pids="$pids $!"
(sleep 5; exit 5) & pids="$pids $!"
pids="$pids 9999"
for pid in $pids; do
wait $pid
echo "$pid returned $?"
done
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erwan@R1:~$ LC_ALL=C ./p.sh
24102 returned 10
24103 returned 5
./p.sh: line 10: wait: pid 9999 is not a child of this shell
9999 returned 127

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