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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Show threadRachel Greenham
@b0rk not sure where the line is between "occasionally" and “almost never", but picked the former because it was only yesterday I did a ctrl-Z…fg to pause an ffmpeg while I did something else needful of CPU time. But previous time before that, can't remember.
Jul 2, 2024 at 12:17pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJulia EvansJul 2, 2024
@StrangeNoises thanks, that's a great example of a reason to use ctrl+z!