Julia EvansJul 2, 2024

poll: when you're using your shell **interactively**, do you ever use its job control features (ctrl+z, fg, bg, `jobs`, `wait`, etc?)

(other than maybe occasionally backgrounding a process with &)

yes, frequently
23.1%
yes, occasionally
36.8%
never (or almost never)
39%
other
1%
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I use Ctrl + z and fg occasionally, mostly to suspend a CPU-heavy task for a little while because I need the CPU for something else or want the fans to be silent.

Pitfall: Ctrl + z breaks loops (for/while), the current iteration of the loop can be resumed but the next iterations will never run.
Jul 2, 2024 at 12:16pmWeb