jobs

Display the status of jobs in the current session.

Synopsis

jobs [-lnprs] [jobspec ...]
jobs -x command [args]

Description

• Displays the status of jobs.
• Lists active jobs.
• Lists stopped jobs.

Options

-l : Include Process IDs (PIDs) in the job information.
-n : Display only jobs that have changed status since the last notification.
-p : Display only the PIDs of the jobs.
-r : Display only running jobs.
-s : Display only stopped jobs.

Return Value

Returns success unless invalid options are given or an error occurs. If using jobs -x command [args], the return value is the exit status of the command.

Examples

[user@pc] sleep 60 &
[1] 13338

[user@pc] jobs
[1]   Running                 sleep 60 &

[user@pc] jobs -l
[1]  13338 Running                 sleep 60 &

[user@pc] jobs -p
13338

Notes

1. Bash job control commands include bg, fg, kill, wait, disown, and suspend.
2. This command requires the monitor option to be enabled (it is by default in interactive shells). Check with set -o monitor.
3. jobs is a shell builtin. See help jobs for more information.