On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Christopher Sagayam <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > I run some background processes from time to time > ... > [5] Done perl script5.pl > [7]- Done perl script6.pl > [8]+ Done perl script7.pl > Can anyone please explain to me the significance of the minus - and plus + > present at lines 7 and 8 ?
+ is an identifier for the most recent job - is an identifier for the next most recent job. >From "jobs" manpage: ( http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man1/jobs.1posix.html#contenttoc9 ) ____________________________________________________ The character '+' identifies the job that would be used as a default for the fg or bg utilities; this job can also be specified using the job_id %+ or "%%" . The character '-' identifies the job that would become the default if the current default job were to exit; this job can also be specified using the job_id %-. For other jobs, this field is a <space>. At most one job can be identified with '+' and at most one job can be identified with '-' . ____________________________________________________ Regards, Kumaraguru _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
