stop
Official Description
Stops background jobs.
Syntax
stop %job_number or pid
Options
None
Oddities
The stop command is an alias for kill -s STOP.
Example
$ buzz& # Create two background jobs
[1] 1181
$ buzz&
[2] 1182
$
$ jobs
[2] + Running buzz&
[1] - Running buzz&
$
$ stop %1 # Stop job #1
[1] + Stopped (SIGSTOP) buzz&
$
$ jobs -l
[1] + 1181 Stopped (SIGSTOP) buzz&
[2] - 1182 Running buzz&
$
$ stop 1182 # Stop pid # 1182
[2] + Stopped (SIGSTOP) buzz&
$
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