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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