//Example: run 'ping' in the backgroud
user@machine:~/$ping 8.8.8.8 &
or..
user@machine:~/$ping 8.8.8.8
**ctrl + z #stop it from runing(pause)
user@machine:~/$bg #bg makes it start again in the background
bash run in background
# To run a command in the background, you can add & after a command.
# When this happens, there will be output to the terminal that shows
# the process ID of the command.
# Example:
conky & # This runs conky in the background (I have no example ideas)