IT 244: Introduction to Linux/Unix
Class 13 Ungraded Quiz

  1. If you have a copy of the executable script bother.sh in your current directory, what would you type at the command line to run this script in the background?


  2. If a command is running in the background, can it take input from the keyboard?


  3. What would you type at the command line if you wanted to suspend a job running in the foreground?


  4. Name one of the two ways you make a job running in the background stop running.


  5. What command would you use to see all currently running jobs?


  6. Once you have suspended a job, what command would you use to send it into the background?


  7. When using the kill command to stop a running job, what information do you give to tell it what to kill?


  8. If you run a command in the background and DO NOT redirect it's output, where does the output of this command go?


  9. What is the command to bring a background job into the foreground?


  10. When you run a command in the background, two number appear. What is each of these two numbers?