# Fg built-in

The fg built-in resumes a job in the foreground.

## Syntax

- `fg [job…]`

## Description

The fg built-in brings the specified job to the foreground and sends the SIGCONT signal to the job. As a result, the job is resumed in the foreground (if it has been suspended). The built-in then waits for the job to finish and returns the exit status of it.

The name of the job is printed when the job is resumed.

The built-in can be used only when job control is enabled.

## Operands

job

  The job ID of the job to be resumed.

  If more than one job is specified, they are resumed in order, one at a time. The current job is resumed if none is specified.

  The percent sign (`%`) at the beginning of a job ID can be omitted if the shell is not in the POSIXly-correct mode.

## Exit status

The exit status of the fg built-in is that of the (last) job resumed. The exit status is non-zero when there was some error.

## Notes

The fg built-in is a semi-special built-in.

You cannot specify more than one job in the POSIXly-correct mode.