Most programs, when invoked from the shell, run in the foreground taking over your terminal and preventing you from doing other work without opening a new terminal window. But there’s a better way: bagrounding and foregrounding processes.
This works on both Linux and macOS, however there are slight differences. Here’s a simple example to help you understand how to background and foreground a process…
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