bash background jobs

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Updated: 29 August 2026

  1. Ctrl + Z push a running process to the background.
  2. Ctrl + Z push another running process to the background.
  3. jobs -l view background and suspended jobs attached to current terminal session.
  4. bg %1 resume job 1 in the background. Can omit number if only 1 job.
  5. fg %1 bring job 1 back to the foreground.
  6. kill %2 kill job number 2.

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