Background

Existing

To put an existing command into the background:

Press Ctrl Z to pause the process.
Set the task to run in the background:
```
bg
```
Note: Consider using screen if you want the process to last longer than your current session.

New

Run any command in the background (the symbol & means run the preceding command in the background). The job_number is printed on the screen so you can bring the command in the foreground (see below) if you want.

any_command &

List my background or stopped processes and show their job numbers.

jobs

Bring a background or stopped process to the foreground.

fg job_number

Place a process in the background, so it is exactly as if it had been started with &. This will restart a stopped background process. The current foreground process can often be stopped with z.

bg job_number

If you have stopped or background jobs, you have to type exit twice in row to log out.