Synopsis: fg [PID]
So if you have the PID of the process, you can use that directly. Otherwise
you can use the job -> process mapping operation, '%', to specify which job
to put to the foreground.
2013/6/20 Robert Carpenter <rob...@robacarp.com>
> Ah, indeed, I think I read your initial post too quickly.
>
> In playing around with fg/bg just now, I've noticed that you have can't
> just specify a number: `fg 1`, but instead have to specify it like this:
> `fg %1`
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Elias Assmann
> <elias.assm...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 06/20/2013 06:49 PM, Robert Carpenter wrote:
>>
>>> I do this all the time under fish and have no problem. ^z to background
>>> a running task, `jobs` to see what is running, `fg` or `fg N` to bring
>>> something forward. It even works with the `command &` syntax to
>>> background a job at command time.
>>>
>>
>> “fg” and “fg %n” are very similar in both shells; “fg” means “bring the
>> most recent job to the foreground”.
>>
>> Bash offers the additional syntax “fg -” which brings the
>> next-most-recent job to the foreground. This is useful for alternating
>> between two jobs. Let's say we start two terminal applications:
>>
>> $ octave
>> octave:1> ^Z
>> [1]+ Stopped octave
>> $ emacs -nw
>> ^Z
>> [2]+ Stopped emacs -nw
>> $ jobs
>> [1]- Stopped octave
>> [2]+ Stopped emacs -nw
>>
>> Note the “+” and “-”. Now, successive “fg -”s switch back and forth:
>>
>> $ fg -
>> octave
>> ^Z
>> $ fg -
>> emacs -nw
>>
>> By the way, bash's “fg” offers another nicety: it remembers which jobs
>> were started in the background (i.e. with “&”, rather than sent to the
>> background later) and excludes them from “fg [-]”. In the example, say I
>> open a document with “gv &”; if I then say “fg” it is unlikely that I want
>> to bring “gv” to the foreground.
>>
>>
>> Elias
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
>
> Build for Windows Store.
>
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Fish-users mailing list
> Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
Build for Windows Store.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
Fish-users mailing list
Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
