# lists jobs in current session
$ jobs
# start job 1 (sleeps for 200 seconds)
$ sleep 200
# suspended job 1 using control-z
[1] + Stopped sleep 200
# start job 2 (sleeps for 400 seconds)
$ sleep 400
# suspended job 2 using control-z
[2] + Stopped sleep 400
# lists jobs in current session shows the jobs are suspended i.e. not running
$ jobs
[2] + Stopped sleep 400
[1] – Stopped sleep 200
# place sleep 400 in background
$ bg %2
[2] sleep 400
# shows job status sleep 400 is running and 1 is stopped/suspended
$ jobs
[1] + Stopped sleep 200
[2] – Running sleep 400
# place sleep 200 in background
$ bg %1
[1] sleep 200
# shows job status both are running
$ jobs
[1] + Running sleep 200
[2] – Running sleep 400
# place sleep 200 job in foreground
$ fg %1
sleep 200
# pressed control-z to suspend sleep 200
[1] + Stopped sleep 200
# show job status sleep 200 is suspended and sleep 400 is running
$ jobs
[1] + Stopped sleep 200
[2] – Running sleep 400
# wait for suspended job wait will return immediately as it is not running
$ wait %1
# show job status sleep 200 is suspended and sleep 400 is running
$ jobs
[1] + Stopped sleep 200
[2] – Running sleep 400
# place job 1 (sleep 200) in background so it will run
$ bg %1
[1] sleep 200
# wait tells to wait for sleep 200 to finish
$ wait %1
[2] + Done sleep 400
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