fg and bg commands in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to resume a stopped job in the foreground.

Linux CLI

fg [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A1

Bresume

Cjob1

D%1

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the job number without the percent sign.

Typing the word 'resume' instead of the job reference.

The fg command uses % followed by the job number to bring a job to the foreground.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to send a job to the background.

Linux CLI

bg [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A%2

Bjob1

C2

Dbackground

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the percent sign before the job number.

Using descriptive words instead of job references.

The bg command uses % followed by the job number to resume a job in the background.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to bring job 3 to the foreground.

Linux CLI

fg [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ajob3

B3

C%3

Dforeground

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using only the job number without the percent sign.

Typing descriptive words instead of job references.

The fg command requires the job to be referenced with a percent sign and the job number.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to send job 4 to the background and then bring it to the foreground.

Linux CLI

bg [1]
fg [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A%4

B4

C%5

D5

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using job numbers without the percent sign.

Using different job numbers for bg and fg.

Both bg and fg commands require the job to be referenced with % and the job number.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to list jobs, send job 2 to background, and then bring it to foreground.

Linux CLI

jobs
bg [1]
fg [2]
jobs [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A%2

B2

C-l

D-p

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using job number without percent sign for bg and fg.

Using incorrect option for jobs command.

Use %2 to specify job 2 for bg and fg. The jobs command with -l shows process IDs.