Launch a command as a background job.
Section: Shell Job Control
Start command in background
bash
bash
long_task &Explanation
Launch a command as a background job.
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Resume stopped job in background
Continue a stopped job in the background.
Suspend current foreground job
Suspend the current foreground process group.
Remove job from shell tracking
Prevent the shell from sending SIGHUP to the job on exit.