Controlling processes

Finding out what jobs are running

To find out what jobs are running under your current shell, use the jobs(C) command, as follows:

   $ jobs
   [2] +  Running                 tar tv3  &
   [1] -  Running                 find / -name README -print > logfile &
   $

A ``+'' in the second column signifies that the job has higher priority than a ``-''. The third column contains the state of the job; whether it is running, paused, waiting for input, or stopped. Finally, we see the command line that created the current job.

Use the -l option to jobs to display the PID after the job number. To limit the display to PID only, use the -p option.

   $ jobs -l
   [2] + 5236	 Running                 xrep *.s >bar &
   [1] - 5195	 Running                 checkmac *.s >foo&
   $ jobs -p
   5236
   5195
   $