I'm trying to convert a ksh script to perl. This script executes some other commands in background and does a wait for all of them do finish and then continues like this... 
command1 &
command2 &
command3 &

wait # wait for commands 1-3 to finish

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I'm trying to figure out how to do this in perl. Something like ... 
system("command1 &");
system("command2 &");
system("command3 &");

wait; # doesn't behave like the unix wait :(

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What do I put in place of the perl wait command to get the same behavior as the unix wait when used in a ksh?

In reply to Perl wait vs Unix ksh wait by mifflin

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