W3_L5: Linux process management

Welcome to Week 2 Lecture 5 of the course "Introduction to the Linux Shell" by Gandham Phanikumar. Full Course: https://study.iitm.ac.in/es/course_pages/CS1102.html Video Overview In this lecture, you will learn the fundamentals of job control and process management in Linux. The session explains how to run, suspend, resume, and terminate processes using commands like sleep, coproc, jobs, top, fg, and kill. You will understand how processes operate in the foreground and background and how to effectively switch between them. The lecture also introduces important shell variables such as $? and $-, explaining their significance in monitoring process status and shell behavior. Additionally, you will explore exit codes within the bash environment and learn how to execute commands based on their outcomes. By the end of this lecture, you will be able to manage processes efficiently from the Linux command line. About IIT Madras' online Bachelor of Science programme IIT Madras offers four-year BS programmes that aim to provide quality education to all, irrespective of age, educational background, or location. The BS programme has multiple levels, which provide flexibility to students to exit at any of these levels. Depending on the courses completed and credits earned, the learner can receive a Foundation Certificate from IITM CODE (Centre for Outreach and Digital Education), Diploma(s) from IIT Madras, or BSc/BS Degrees from IIT Madras. For more details, Visit: https://www.iitm.ac.in/academics/study-at-iitm/non-campus-bs-programmes #linux #jobcontrol #commandline #terminal #bash #sleepcommand #coproc #fg #bg #killprocess #backgroundprocess #foregroundprocess #processmanagement #shellscripting #exitcodes #shelloptions #shellvariables #LinuxTutorial #tutorial #tech #IITMadras #LinuxShell #OnlineLearning #Education #Technology