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Rook
Asked: 2010-09-29 11:34:29 +0800 CST

Can I do a ctrl-z without the process locking up?

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So lets say I'm executing a command on the CLI and it spawns a GUI and I forget the & at the end. Now I want my shell back, so I hit a ctrl-z but the GUI locks up! Is there any way to do a ctrl-z without locking up the GUI? I am using Linux with a bash shell, xorg and gnome. This is an Ubuntu system.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use bg to put the command that you have stopped in the background.

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  2. Check out GNU Screen. It is very useful for this type of thing as well as offering a bunch of other terminal multiplexing functionality that can be very nice.

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