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bg and fg jobs

January 6, 2012 4 comments

1. Start a job into backgroud, use “&”

# backupFile.sh &

2. Switch a running job into backgroud

  •  Ctrl + z
  • # bg, and Enter

3. Bring a job from background to frontground

  • # jobs  –> get the job number, eg. [3]+   backupFile.sh
  • # fg 3   –> the job 3 goes to frontground
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