You can use the built-in command bg in the POSIX shell sh to specify jobs for background processing.
Syntax
bg[ job-id ...] |
job-id Each specified job is held for background processing. The section “Jobs” describes the format of job-id. job-id not specified: |
Locale
The following environment variables have an effect on the execution of bg: LANG Specifies a default value for the locale variable that is unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding locale default value is used. If the locale variable contains an invalid setting, locale behaves as if no variables had been set. LC_ALL If this value is set, i.e. is not empty, this value overwrites the values of all other locale variables. LC_CTYPE Determines the locale for the interpretation of byte sequences as characters (e.g. single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments). LC_MESSAGES Determines the format and content of error messages. NLSPATH Determines the position of the message catalog for the processing of LC_MESSAGES. |
Example
You wish to specify job %1 for background processing:
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See also
fg, jobs, kill, wait |