Linux allows users to run multiple tasks simultaneously through multitasking. Jobs can run in the foreground or background. Foreground jobs block other tasks from using keyboard/monitor while background jobs run freely without blocking. Users can control jobs through commands like fg, bg, jobs, stop, and kill along with job numbers or process IDs.
Linux allows users to run multiple tasks simultaneously through multitasking. Jobs can run in the foreground or background. Foreground jobs block other tasks from using keyboard/monitor while background jobs run freely without blocking. Users can control jobs through commands like fg, bg, jobs, stop, and kill along with job numbers or process IDs.
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Linux allows users to run multiple tasks simultaneously through multitasking. Jobs can run in the foreground or background. Foreground jobs block other tasks from using keyboard/monitor while background jobs run freely without blocking. Users can control jobs through commands like fg, bg, jobs, stop, and kill along with job numbers or process IDs.
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● Reading, sorting etc are the examples of jobs. ● In LINUX, a job is a command or set of command entered on one command line. Foreground and background jobs ● LINUX is a multitasking system. ● To allow multiple task, LINUX defines two types of jobs: ● Foreground jobs ● Background jobs Foreground jobs
● What is foreground job?
● Suspending a foreground job: ctrl+z ● To resume it: fg ● Terminating a foreground job: ctrl+c ● After the job is terminated, we key Return to activate the command line prompt. Background jobs
● Jobs run in the background free the
keyboard and monitor. ● foreground and background jobs share the keyboard and monitor. ● Any messages sent to the monitor by the background job will therefore be mingled with the messages from the foreground job. Suspending, Restarting and terminating background jobs:
● To start a process running in the
background, add an ampersand (&) at the end of the statement. ● To suspend background job: stop ● To restart it: bg ● To terminate :kill All three commands require the job number, prefaced with a percent sign (%). ● When there is only one job, the fg and bg commands do not require a job number Moving between background and foreground jobs: ● To move a job between the foreground and background, the job must be suspended. ● from the suspended state to the background with bg command. ● To move a background job to the foreground, we use fg command. Jobs command
● To list the current jobs and their status, we
use the jobs command. ● For each job, it shows the job number, currency, and status, running or stopped. Currency flag
● + and – signs are called as currency flags.
● The plus indicates which job is default is a command is entered without a job number. ● The minus indicates which job will be the default if the first job were to complete. Using job numbers
● The job number is preceded by a percent
sign(%) and is separated from the command by one space. ● default job(+) can be referred to as %+ or %%. ● The job with minus currency can be referred to as %-. ● All of the following job references are valid: fg %3 bg%+ stop %% kill %- Jobs States
● A job may be in one of three states: foreground,
background or stopped ● When job starts, it runs in foreground. ● A terminated job no longer exists. Process ID
● Job numbers are related to the user session
and the terminal; they are not global. ● Process identifier i.e. PIDs are global in scope. ● ps command displays the current PIDs.