bg

bg

 [

jobIDs

]

Put the current job or the jobIDs in the background. See also "Job Control" at the end of this section.

Example

To place a time-consuming process in the background, you might begin with:

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nroff -ms report

 

CTRL-Z

and then issue any one of the following:

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bg

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bg %

	
Current job
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bg %1

	
Job number 1
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bg %nr

	
Match initial string nroff
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% &