{"id":3851,"date":"2023-02-07T15:21:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:51:24","slug":"linux-unix-jobs-command-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-unix-jobs-command-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux \/ Unix: jobs Command Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <code>jobs<\/code> command in Linux and Unix displays information about the jobs that are running in the background or stopped in the current shell. Here are some examples of how to use the <code>jobs<\/code> command:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Display all jobs in the current shell:\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">jobs<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Display the status of a specific job:\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">jobs<\/span> -l [job_number]<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Display the process ID of a specific job:\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">jobs -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">p<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">[job_number]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Display the command line of a specific job:\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">jobs<\/span> -x [job_number]<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Where <code>[job_number]<\/code> is the number of the job you want to display information about. The job numbers can be found by running the <code>jobs<\/code> command without any options.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use the <code>%<\/code> symbol to refer to a job, for example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">fg<\/span> %[job_number]<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>will bring the specified job to the foreground.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the <code>jobs<\/code> command is used in conjunction with job control commands such as <code>fg<\/code>, <code>bg<\/code>, and <code>kill<\/code> to manage background and foreground jobs in a shell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jobs command in Linux and Unix displays information about the jobs that are running in the background or stopped in the current shell. 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