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Run and manage background tasks from terminal.

Software Engineering#terminal#background#process#output#tracking#jobs
Authorlirrensi
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Run and manage background jobs from the terminal. Use this skill when you want to execute long-running commands in the background, track job status, read job output, or manage multiple concurrent processes. Provides friendly-name tracking and persisted records for auditability.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Friendly-name tracking, status monitoring, and output capture for background tasks.
  • Manage multiple concurrent jobs with start, wait, read, and remove operations.
  • Cross-platform compatibility for Windows, macOS, and Linux shells.

Quick Start

Start a background job with bg run "sleep 60" and then check its status with bg status <friendly-name>.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: bg-jobs
Download link: https://github.com/lirrensi/agent-cli-helpers/archive/main.zip#bg-jobs

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