#!/bin/bash FROM=$1 TO=$2 cp "${FROM}" "${TO}" & wPID1=$! echo "$0 : copy-process, pid is $wPID1" (for((;;)); do stat -c '%s' "${TO}"; sleep 1; done) & wPID2=$! echo "$0 : filestat-process, pid is $wPID2" wait ${wPID1} # wait for copy-process to finish echo "$0 : copy-process is finished" kill ${wPID2} echo "$0 : filestat-process killed"