Background and Foreground Processes

Foreground processes occupy the terminal and block input until completion. Background processes run detached, allowing continued shell use.

Start a process in background

Input:

sleep 60 &

Move running job to background

Input:

bg %1

Bring job to foreground

Input:

fg %1

References:

• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/bash.1.html
• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/exec.3.html

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