Job Control Commands

You can try any of these commands by cutting them with your mouse and pasting them into a UNIX window. If there are filenames or other variables you need to change, they are indicated by italics .

ctrl-z: Stop active foreground job.
bg: Place stopped foreground job into background.
fg job #: Place background job into foreground.
jobs: Return names and job no. of suspended jobs.

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