Date created: 2024-10-08

Description

Putting a [[detach-process-from-terminal|task in the background]] turns it into a background job. This is how we can manage tasks like that.

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Running jobs in the terminal lists all foreground and background tasks running in the terminal, with a number associated with them.

$ jobs
[1]-  Stopped                 vim .
[2]+  Stopped                 vim .
[3]   Running                 idea &

The background ones usually have the & symbol shown after them, like idea in the example above. we can now call it into the foreground by saying fg 3, and manage it like a normal terminal process, e.g. closing it with [C-c].