bg
bg is a Linux command in the Process Management category, rated intermediate difficulty. Resumes a suspended job in the background. The syntax is bg [job_spec]. Key options and parameters: job_spec — job number (from jobs command). It returns none (job moved to background). A practical example: bg %1 # Resume job 1 in background bg # Resume most recent suspended job A close relative is ps, which reports a snapshot of current processes. A close relative is top, which real-time interactive process viewer. Updates every few seconds. A close relative is kill, which sends a signal to a process. Default signal is SIGTERM (terminate). More about this category: Linux process management commands — ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, and more. Manage running processes and system resources. Related Process Management commands: ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, pkill, nice, renice.