bg
Official Description
Runs jobs in the background.
Syntax
bg [job_id...]
Options
None
Oddities
If no job_id is given, the most recently suspended job is used.
Available on systems that support job control.
Used to get a stopped job to resume execution but remain in the background.
Example
$ cat buzz #! /bin/ksh integer x=17 while : do x=17 done $ $ buzz [1] + Stopped buzz # Ctrl+Z $ $ jobs [1] + Stopped buzz # Job buzz is stopped $ $ bg %1 # Get it going in the background [1] buzz& $ $ jobs [1] + Running buzz # Job buzz is running now, # in the background $
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