Job commands

Job Commands

Command	Explanation	Example
&	Run the command in the background	% long_cmd &
Ctrl-z	Stop the foreground process	[Ctrl-z] Stopped
jobs	List background processes	% jobs [1] - Stopped vi [2] - big_job &
%n	Refers to the background number n	% fg %1
%?str	Refers to the background job containing str	% fg %?ls
bg	Restart a stopped background process	% bg [2] big_job &
fg	Bring a background process to the foreground	% fg %1
kill	Kill a process	% kill %2
~ Ctrl-z	Suspend an rlogin or ssh session	host2>~[Ctrl-z] Stopped host1>
~~ Ctrl-z	Suspend a second level rlogin or ssh session	host3>~~[Ctrl-z] Stopped host2>