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I’m not advanced linux user. I use ubuntu.
When I start any process from terminal, for example firefox, I type in:
firefox
The process starts and then I need to write another commands in terminal. For example, I want to change directory, but I can’t do it, because firefox is started. And I don’t want to close it, but want to enable terminal.
Sorry if my explanation is not clear, I do not know english well.
You can start the process in the backgroun with
If you start it with
it will be in the foreground and you can move it to the background with Ctrl+Z (this will put it in the background but the process will freez until you use bg command) then you must execute
where 1 is the job id. You can see the job id with command
If you need to return the process to the foreground you must use
where 1 is the job id.