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How to tack a command onto the end of a long-running Unix task, halfway through

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15 pointskevinburke4 comments

Any way to add a pipe?

    $ touch asdf
    $ tail -f asdf
    ^Z
    $ fg; | grep foo
    -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'

Ctrl-z is shell dependent.

learn to use /proc

learn to use /proc

That's a bit condescending. You could have gained more credibility by explaining how to do this using proc.

And by the way, /proc is kernel-dependent ;-)

I agree with you, some detail would have been better. I'm at work though and don't have to to write an article on it.

I thought, meh that's a bit light as an answer but hoped it might pique someone's interest despite my brevity.