Jobs

The jobs command gives a list of current background jobs (processes). It usually is a built-in command from the used shell.

= Example usage = Run some background jobs and see the list (this example is in bash): $ sleep 60 & [1] 13524 $ sleep 60 & [2] 13534 $ jobs [1]- Running                 sleep 60 & [2]+ Running                 sleep 60 &

The jobs command can be used to kill a job or to start a suspended job as a foreground process.
 * kill %1
 * fg %1

= See also =
 * fg
 * bg
 * bash-operators