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Linux Command Line: Processes (6 of 8)

Speaker

Steven Gordon

Tags

Bash

Content

This is the sixth video in the SIIT Linux Command Line series.

This video discusses processes and how to work with them. Topics include:

  • suspending processes with CTRL+z, listing suspended processes with jobs and then either resuming them in the background with bg or bringing them back to the foreground with fg
  • listing running processes with ps and terminating them gracefully with kill or forcefully with kill -9
  • starting processes directly in the background by appending &
  • exploring running processes with ps -e and top
  • using background and foreground techniques on applications with a graphical interface