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Execute multiple commands in background and evaluate their return codes

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Execute multiple commands in background, wait for each to be finished and evaluate their return codes.

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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. /bin/false &
  3. PID1=$!
  4. /bin/true &
  5. PID2=$!
  6. wait $PID1
  7. RET1=$?
  8. wait $PID2
  9. RET2=$?
  10. if [ $RET1 == 0 ] && [ $RET2 == 0 ]; then
  11.     echo succeeded
  12.     exit 0
  13. else
  14.     echo failed
  15.     exit 1
  16. fi

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