Create, Stop and Terminate Jobs
The illustration describes a life cycle of a job. Here is a summary explanation of the life cycle.
Create job
- When you run a command without
&, the command will run as a foreground job. - When you run a command with
&, the command will run as a background job.
Stop job
- You can stop (suspend) a job with Ctrl + Z
Terminate jobs
- To terminate a running foreground job, you can use Ctrl + C
- To terminate a background job or a stopped foreground job, you can use the kill command with the process ID or
%job ID.
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