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Allow Wait-Process to wait for *any one* of multiple processes, as an opt-in alternative to waiting for *all* of them #16972

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Passing multiple processes to Wait-Process currently makes the latter wait for all target processes.

However, it is sometimes desirable to only wait for any one of these processes to terminate.

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  • Introduce an -Any switch that makes Wait-Process return as soon as any one of the target processes terminates.

  • Complement it with a -PassThru switch to pass a process-info object(s) for the terminated process(es) through - this should work whether or not -Any is used.

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