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kill [PID]

Sends a termination signal to a process (SIGTERM by default).

kill -9 [PID]

Sends a forceful termination signal (SIGKILL).

kill -15 [PID]

Sends the graceful termination signal (SIGTERM) to a process.

killall [process_name]

Terminates all processes with a matching name.

pkill [process_name]

Terminates processes based on their name.

bg [job_number]

Moves a suspended job to the background.

fg [job_number]

Brings a background job to the foreground.

ctrl+z

Suspends the current foreground process in the terminal.

nice <priority> [command]

Runs a command with a lower priority.

renice [PID] [new_priority]

Changes priority of a running process.

nohup command &

Runs a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.

disown %jobnumber

Removes a job from the shell's job table, making it immune to signals from the shell.

disown [PID]

Removes a process from the shell's job table, preventing it from receiving SIGHUP signals.

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