This stackoverflow answer[0] shows how you can queue jobs even after you start running other processes in your queue. Essentially, you can do: sleep 2; echo

This stackoverflow answer[0] shows how you can queue jobs even after you start running other processes in your queue. Essentially, you can do: sleep 2; echo "A" && sleep 2 ; echo "B" && sleep 2 ; echo "C" # Quickly Ctrl-Z fg && sleep 2 ; echo "D" and you will see A\nB\nC\nD\n slowly printed out in your terminal. [0]: http://superuser.com/a/345455 http://superuser.com/a/345455