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What happens to suspended jobs in unix?

We can issue CTRL+Z to suspend any jobs in Unix and then later on bring them back to life using fg or bg. I want to understand what happens to those jobs that are suspended like this ? Are they ...
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Please explain the output from the jobs command

When I ran jobs command I see the following output : [1] - Suspended ./startWebLogic.sh [2] + Suspended (signal) top What does -/+ indicate in the second column ? ...
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Get PID of a function executed in the background

#!/bin/bash function abc() # wait for some event to happen, can be terminated by other process { sleep 3333 } echo "PID: $$" abc & echo "PID: $$" I need to retrieve the pid of this function, ...
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How can I manage jobs after I disconnect from my tty/ssh session?

If I ssh to a box and start a task that will take some time to complete I usually press control+z to pause the process, and then immediately type bg 1 to put run it in the background. I can then type ...