Linux Command - jobs

The Linux jobs command will show the status of jobs in the current session.

jobs

Show jobs with this job ID:

jobs %5

Show jobs that contain this string ( error if more than one does ):

jobs %?test

Also show PIDs for each job:

jobs -l

Only show PIDs for each job:

jobs -p

Jobspec examples:

%5	job ID
%test	starts with string
%?test	contains string
%+	current job
%%	current job
%-	previous job