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How can I resume a stopped job in Linux?
If you didn't launch it from current terminal, use ps aux | grep <process name> to find the process number (pid), then resume it with:
kill -SIGCONT <pid>
(Despite the name, kill is ...
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How do I detach from a controlling terminal from the command line?
The utility setsid on Linux can do this. On Fedora it's part of the util-linux package. This is the same package that contains things like mount, mkfs, /usr/bin/kill, and other similar things.
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How to dynamically add tasks to a PowerShell job queue
My thought is to establish a queue by creating one lock file per new instance of your script. When the script runs, it checks a directory dedicated to tracking the queue for existing instances of the ...
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How to run programs from a linux terminal without blocking the terminal?
In Ubuntu 16.10 I can't get the ctrl + Z thing mentioned in an other answer to work, but
program &
^C
Does work for me, in other words, ctrl + c after you start the program with a trailing ...
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What's the difference between: a program, process, job, service, daemon, script, command?
A program is a kind of master that can run different processes.
Processes are typically invoked by a program.
The user does not start a process but a program.
A job is just a scheduled program.
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Open (default) browser from background job in Powershell class method?
Powershell does not prevent opening browsers inside a method inside a class inside a job. I had incorrectly and with overconfidence assumed no other changes would happen when switching from normal ...
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How do I detach from a controlling terminal from the command line?
This is a FreeBSD solution, but perhaps a similar technique will work for your OS.
I know cron isn't exactly the command line, but if you have a specific command list you want to run, cron can do ...
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