Linux Background Jobs

DanielDaniel
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Suspend a job and send it to the background:

$ Ctrl+Z

Resumes jobs that have been suspended, and keeps them running in the background:

$ bg

Bring most recently suspended background job to foreground:

$ fg

Display status of jobs in the current session:

$ jobs

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