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Managing Processes

There are Processes (managed by the kernel) and there are Jobs
Jobs cant contain multiple processes
Jobs also can be suspended and resumed at a later stage

Backgrounding Processes (`bg`)

To send a command straight to the background ad a & at the end of the command
ping -c 400 localhost > ping_results.txt &
If you forgot you can also press Ctrl + Z to suspend it and then run bg to run it in the background

Jobs Control: `jobs` and `fg`

jobs: Get list of jobs
fg %<job-id> Bring the job to the foreground

Process Control: `ps` and `kill`

ps lists jobs system wide, not just for the current shell as we get with jobs
-e get all processes
-f full format output
-C only the the processes for a given command name
kill <PID of the process> to terminate the process

Relevant Note(s): Linux Basics