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About fg
Continues a stopped job by running it in the foreground, some shells are not able to run this command.
Syntax
fg [%job]
Examples
fg - Typing fg alone will resume the first job were it was left off.
fg 1 - specifying the job (in this case 1) will resume that particular job. The job id can be determined by running bg.
Related commands
bgcshkillkshpsshstop
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