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Filipe Pacheco
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Filipe Pacheco
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Filipe Pacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 Points

Creating a new tab or window.

Why would I have o go through all this ctr+z and fg to stop and restart a job, if I can just create a new tab or window to work on a new job and just switch between them?

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Jonathan Lau
Jonathan Lau
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Jonathan Lau
Jonathan Lau
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Depends on the use case.

For example: At work, I'll sometimes need to open the software GUI before I can run command line inputs for the GUI itself. The reason for doing this is to run batch commands. In this case, the CLI need to be in the same terminal as the one used to invoke the GUI. I would personally just open the GUI with a trailing & so it automatically runs in the background, but that's personal preference. It would be the same as doing CTRL+Z and fg as you mentioned.