[PLUG] A Simple Question

[Robby Russell]

Grish wrote:

> progname &
>
> & puts the process in the background. To restore it, type
>
> fg
>
> Alternatively, if you started a program, you can hit ctrl+z to "stop" 
> it, which will return you to a prompt, and then you can issue the 
> command "bg" to place it in the background.
>
> For more info, see:
>
> help fg
> help bg
>

You can then issue the command 'jobs' to see a list of all the jobs that 
are in the background. I do this when working in between many programs 
and switch between them.

jobs

fg 1
fg 2
etc