About Commands, Processes, and Jobs
A "Command" is a single order you give the computer.
A "Process" is the OS's ID-number for a running command.
A "Job" is a group of one or more processes you started on a single command line.
Seeing a list of processes: The
ps
and
top
commands.
Seeing a list of your jobs: The
jobs
command
Tasks:
Make up a sentence that gives someone two or more orders.
Count how many processes a multi-command command line will produce.
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