Lesson 3.11: Stopping and Resuming a Process


Running the process in background

[sanjeeb@client ~]$ firefox & [1] 4760 [sanjeeb@client ~]$ jobs [1]+ Running firefox & [sanjeeb@client ~]$

Running the process in foreground

# Starting a job in foreground [sanjeeb@client ~]$ firefox # Using Cmd+Z to stop the job ^Z [1]+ Stopped firefox # Viewing the jobs [sanjeeb@client ~]$ jobs [1]+ Stopped firefox

Running the foreground process to background

[sanjeeb@client ~]$ firefox ^Z [1]+ Stopped firefox [sanjeeb@client ~]$ bg %1 [1]+ firefox & [sanjeeb@client ~]$ jobs [1]+ Running firefox &
  • bg %[job id] : To resume in background
  • fg %[job id] : To resume in foreground
  • kill %[job id] : To terminate the job
All systems normal

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