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Development Tools Console Foundations Processes Pausing and Resuming

Colin Lewis
Colin Lewis
9,021 Points
Posted by Colin Lewis
Colin Lewis
9,021 Points

ctrl-z not working

when I try to use ctrl-z to pause a job in my mac terminal nothing happens, I even tried it in iTerm, still nothing.

5 Answers

Colin Lewis
Colin Lewis
9,021 Points
Colin Lewis
Colin Lewis
9,021 Points

yes, I figured it out, nano was not set up to allow for suspend, I had to create a .nanorc file and add "set suspend" and now it is fine.

Turner Kilgore
Turner Kilgore
3,009 Points
Turner Kilgore
Turner Kilgore
3,009 Points

For anyone else looking, the .nanorc file referred to above is created in $HOME

natashalovesmith
natashalovesmith
19,360 Points
natashalovesmith
natashalovesmith
19,360 Points

Cmd + z for Macs = Ctrl + z for PCs

Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points
Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points

I just tried this on my Mac using iTerm while top was running and it works perfectly. Are you sure you are using control+z and not command+z?

natashalovesmith
natashalovesmith
19,360 Points

Yes I was going to say on a Mac, the PC Ctrl key is the same as the command key on the Mac.

Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points
Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points

True. However, for the iTerm terminal program on a Mac, all commands are performed using Ctrl + ?, where ? is a given letter.

Julie Kohler
Julie Kohler
6,122 Points
Julie Kohler
Julie Kohler
6,122 Points

What worked for me on my Mac was to first use cmd + Z, which caused "suspension enabled" to come up at the bottom of Nano, AND THEN ctrl + z. Apparently both steps were needed.