jobs

Official Description

Displays the status of jobs in the current session.

Syntax

jobs [-l  | -p] [-p] job_id...

Options

-l provides more information about each job listed.

-p displays only the process ID.

-n displays jobs that have stopped, exited, or otherwise had a change of status.

Oddities

Can optionally specify jobs with %string, where string is some characters from the beginning of the name of the command being run within the job.

Example

$ buzz&                      # Start two background jobs
[1]     901
$ buzz&
[2]     902
$
$ jobs                       # Display jobs
[2] +  Running                 buzz&
[1] -  Running                 buzz&
$
$ jobs –l                    # Include pids
[2] + 902        Running                 buzz&
[1] - 901        Running                 buzz&
$
$ jobs –p                    # Display pids only
902
901

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