nixCraft 🐧Feb 13, 2025

Quiz: You run the Unix or Linux command:
sleep 100 &

What is the most likely state of the sleep process immediately after you press Enter key?
a) Running in the foreground 🏃‍♀️
b) Running in the background 🏃‍♂️
c) Stopped 🛑
d) Zombie 🧟‍♀️

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@nixCraft oh.. er.. i had a script where i needed to use "sleep &" for something, and it worked.. now, if i can remember what the script was, and why i would possibly need to do this.. and why it worked.

i'm gonna go B

Feb 13, 2025 at 9:59pmWeb