Hi Godmar! > For instance: > > gback@lat2022:~$ sleep 10 && echo yes > ^Z > [1]+ Stopped sleep 10 > gback@lat2022:~$ fg > sleep 10 > gback@lat2022:~$ > > ... > > What's the rationale for bash's behavior in this case and is this something > that should be changed?
I assume this is because sleep "exits" with an exit status of 148 (=128+SIGTSTP) when it is stopped. If you replace the && with an ;, you get "yes" immediately after pressing ^Z. Best regards Martin
