bg

This command permits the suspended jobs to be resumed through placing them in background.

Syntax

bg [ % job]

where % job can be

% num denotes a job number for an associated process

% +      denotes the currernt job; the last job suspended

% -       denotes the previous job; process before the current job

The following instance shows how to restart the suspended job 6.

# bg %6

[1] ls -Rl / 1>/tmp/out1 &

# jobs

[6] + Running  ls -Rl / 1>/tmp/out1