job

For experimental.

Various commands for working with background jobs.

Command Type

built-in

Signature

> job {flags}

Input/output types:

input output
nothing string

Notes

You must use one of the following subcommands. Using this command as-is will only produce this help message.

Subcommands:

name description type
job describe Add a description to a background job. built-in
job flush Clear this job’s mailbox. built-in
job id Get id of current job. built-in
job kill Kill a background job. built-in
job list List background jobs. built-in
job recv Read a message from a job’s mailbox. built-in
job send Send a message to the mailbox of a job. built-in
job spawn Spawn a background job and retrieve its ID. built-in
job unfreeze Unfreeze a frozen process job in foreground. built-in

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