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About

fg resume a job in the foreground, and make it the current job.

Syntax

fg [jobspec]

If jobspec is not present, the shell’s notion of the current job is used.

Return value

The return value is that of;

  • the command placed into the foreground,
  • or failure if run when job control is disabled
  • or, when run with job control enabled, if jobspec does not specify a valid job
  • or jobspec specifies a job that was started without job control.