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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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How can I kill a job that was initiated in another shell (terminal window or tab)?
If I begin a process and background it in a terminal window (say ping google.com &), I can kill it using kill %1 (assuming it is job 1).
However if I open another terminal window (or tab) the ...
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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 ...
