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# bg

> Resume suspended jobs (e.g. using `<Ctrl z>`), and keeps them running in the background.
> More information: <https://manned.org/bg>.

- Resume the most recently suspended job and run it in the background:

`bg`

- Resume a specific job (use `jobs -l` to get its ID) and run it in the background:

`bg %{{job_id}}`
