Section: Job Control

List jobs

bash
bash
jobs -l
Explanation

Interactive Bash tracks stopped and background jobs.

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Run process in background
Start a job in background.
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Resume stopped job in background
Resume a stopped job in background.
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Bring job to foreground
Resume a job in foreground.
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Wait for background PID
Wait for a specific background process.
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Disown background job
Remove a job from shell job table.
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Send signal to job
Signal a shell job using jobspec.
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