Shell Job Control and Kills

Question 1

jobs

Answer 1

List your jobs. Job number (job number, + current job - previous job, state, name)

Question 2

&

Answer 2

Put a the ampersand at the end of the command line to let the command run as a background job. Returns jobnumber and processid.

Question 3

^Z

Answer 3

Suspend the job. Type bg to put the job in the background or fg to resume the job in the foreground.d

Question 4

suspend

Answer 4

If you have typed su and want to return to the original shell.

Question 5

bg [%jobnumber]

Answer 5

Only bg puts the most recent command in the background.

Question 6

fg [%jobnumber]

Answer 6

Only fg puts the most recently backgrounded job in the foreground.

Question 7

^C

Answer 7

Terminate the current foreground command.

Question 8

^J

Answer 8

Same as enter.

Question 9

How to reset the terminal if nothing is working?

Answer 9

Type reset^J even if the characters aren’t displayed on screen.

Question 10

^D

Answer 10

End of file.

Question 11

Terminate the shell.

Answer 11

Type exit or ^D.