Linux / Unix fg command

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About fg

Continues a stopped job by running it in the foreground, some shells are not able to run this command.

Syntax

fg [%job]

Examples

fg - Typing fg alone will resume the first job were it was left off.

fg 1 - specifying the job (in this case 1) will resume that particular job. The job id can be determined by running bg.  

Related commands

bg
csh
kill
ksh
ps
sh
stop