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# wait

```
Usage:  hyper wait [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Block until a container stops, then print its exit code

  --help             Print usage
```

## Examples

Start a container in the background.

```
$ hyper run -d --name=my_container ubuntu bash
```

Run `hyper wait`, which should block until the container exits.

```
$ hyper wait my_container
```

In another terminal, stop the first container. The `hyper wait` command above returns the exit code.

```
$ hyper stop my_container
```

This is the same `hyper wait` command from above, but it now exits, returning 0.

```
$ hyper wait my_container
0
```