Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

jobs

Synopsis

jobs [options] [jobIDs]

List all running or stopped jobs, or list those specified by jobIDs. For example, you can check whether a long compilation or text format is still running. Also useful before logging out. See the section Job Control in Job Control.

Options

-l

List job IDs and process group IDs.

-n

List only jobs whose status changed since last notification.

-p

List process group IDs only.

-r

List running jobs only.

-s

List stopped jobs only.

-x cmd

Replace each job ID found in cmd with the associated process ID and then execute cmd.