# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-family:courier;font-weight:bold">jobs</span><br><br>You should see the following output similar that was displayed above:<br><span style="font-family:courier;font-weight:bold">[1]+ sleep 700 &</span><br><br>This display indicates that this process in the background is '''running in the background'''<br>(denoted by the ampersand character "&"). Now the command is counting-down to zero.<br><br>

# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-family:courier;font-weight:bold">fg</span><br><br>You should notice that the ''sleep'' command is now running in the '''foreground'''.<br><br>'''TIP:''' You can issue Linux commands with ampersand "'''&'''" in your terminal to '''run''' processes in the<br>'''background''' automatically <u>without</u> having to issue ''ctrl-z'' and ''bg'' short-cut keys.<br><br>

# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-family:courier;font-weight:bold">sleep 500 & sleep 600 & sleep 700 &</span><br><br>

# Issue the '''jobs''' command. What do you notice?<br><br>