Name

fg

Synopsis

fg [jobIDs]

Description

Bring the current job or the jobIDs to the foreground. jobID can be % job-number.

Example

If you suspend a vi editing session (by pressing Ctrl-Z), you might resume vi using any of these commands:

% %
% fg
% fg %
% fg %vi     
                     Match initial string

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