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edit approved May 13, 2022 at 8:03

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You can use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), send SIGTSTPSIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, send SIGSTOPSIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONTSIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

You can use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), send SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, send SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

You can use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), send SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, send SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

fixed a grammar error; removed reference to other answer from first sentence (it's a bit odd now that the answer is below this one)

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edit approved Feb 14, 2017 at 16:02

Mark Amery

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As maxschlepzig said you couldYou can use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), sentsend SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, sentsend SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

As maxschlepzig said you could use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), sent SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, sent SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

You can use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), send SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, send SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

Changed confusing wording. end is not the same as stop.

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edit approved Jan 11, 2017 at 20:37

Mark Lakata

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As maxschlepzig said you could use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' endstop to the process (prefer this for normal use), sent SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' killstop, sent SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

As maxschlepzig said you could use kill

For a 'polite' end to the process (prefer this for normal use), sent SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' kill, sent SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

As maxschlepzig said you could use kill to stop the process.

For a 'polite' stop to the process (prefer this for normal use), sent SIGTSTP:

kill -TSTP [pid]

For a 'hard' stop, sent SIGSTOP:

kill -STOP [pid]

Note that if the process you are trying to stop by PID is in your shell's job table, it may remain visible there, but terminated, until the process is fg'd again.

To resume execution of the process, sent SIGCONT:

kill -CONT [pid]

Move all knowledge related to answer into actual answer (rather than keeping info in the comments) and add my experience with processes being terminated, but remaining in job table.

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