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→INVESTIGATION 2: MANAGING PROCESSES
# 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]+ Stopped sleep 200</span><br><br>This display indicates that this process (that is now in the background) has stopped.<br>In other words, the sleep command is NOT counting-down to zero to terminate.<br><br>NOTE: You need to use the '''bg''' command to run that process that was sent into the background.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-family:courier;font-weight:bold">bg</span><br><br>'''NOTE:''' You can use the bg command WITHOUT arguments to specify the most recent process<br>that was placed into the background. From the '''jobs''' command, the process that has a plus sign "+"<br>indicates the most recent process placed into the background.<br><br>
# 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 200 &</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># xIssue 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>'''NOTE:''' You can use the fg command WITHOUT arguments to specify the most recent process<br>that was placed into the background. From the '''jobs''' command, the process that has a plus sign "+"<br>indicates the most recent process placed into the background.<br><br>
