Resuming a suspended process

The bg command can be used to resume a suspended process in the background. When used with no arguments, the bg command will continue the last suspended job. To resume job number 2, you would type the command:
```
        % bg %2
```
The fg command resumes a suspended process in the foreground. For example, to resume job 1 in the foreground, you would type this command:
```
        % fg %1
```
You can also resume suspended processes by just typing a percent sign (%) followed by the job number. For example, the command %1 would resume job 1 in the foreground. This command:
```
        % %2&
```
would resume job 2 in the background, because it ends with an ampersand.

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See also: Controlling multiple processes
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