Comments on: How-to Pause a Linux Process

By: Java, Eclipse: How do I pause a running program? - Admins Goodies

Java, Eclipse: How do I pause a running program? - Admins Goodies — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:23:13 +0000

[...] Brief tutorial here: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/11/23/how-to-pause-a-linux-process [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:40:41 +0000

ctl-z to suspend

By: roger ward choirist

roger ward choirist — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:24:42 +0000

If you want to stop copy you can use “ctrl+c” (interrupt it), or kill

By: Java, Eclipse: How do I pause a running program? Drija

Java, Eclipse: How do I pause a running program? Drija — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:53:12 +0000

[...] Brief tutorial here: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/11/23/how-to-pause-a-linux-process [...]

By: milind

milind — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:20:27 +0000

but how can we stop other processes … like copy for example

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:06:32 +0000

thanks yar its working

By: Keilaron

Keilaron — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:02:55 +0000

Another way to get the pid of xeyes without using killall or a “contains”-type search is to use pidof, e.g.:
kill `pidof xeyes`
You can use -s to force only one pid to be returned, e.g.:
kill `pidof -s xeyes`

By: tom

tom — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:53:40 +0000

haha searched for this and noticed that it DIDN’T work for the process I wanted to pause: cp (copy)

there will be more processes you can’t pause I think

By: Jadd

Jadd — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:48:41 +0000

What about these more useful commands:
killall -s STOP xeyes
killall -s CONT xeyes

By: VeRTiTO

VeRTiTO — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:11:55 +0000

i love this post! appreciate being mentioned, keep up the linux chills!