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+====== Controlling Jobs ======
+The following commands and keyboard short-cuts can come in handing when you need to cancel, suspend, or start a job.
+^Command^Action^
+|ctrl-C|Terminate current running job|
+|ctrl-Z|Suspend Jobs|
+| bg | Once a job has been suspended ''bg'' can be put in the background |
+| fg | In order to put a background job in the foreground type ''fg''|
+| & | When executing a command and you want to put it in the background immediately put the ''&'' symbol at the end of the command.|
+| jobs | This gives a list of jobs (suspended, running, and terminating)|
+| top | This starts an interface where you can see all jobs. To see all jobs under your account type ''u'' and then when prompted, your account id.
+====== Commands for manipulating and querying files ======
+Some more cool commands
+^Command^Action^
+|less/more | read through the file without loading the entire file. Press spacebar to continue or q to quit. |
+|touch | create an empty file |
+|head | show the first few lines of the file|
+|tail | show the last few lines of the file|
+|cat | read through the file(s)|
+|grep | search for patterns in a file or files|
+|cut | separate file based on columns|
+|comm/diff | compare and see the difference between the files. The files have to be sorted before using either of these commands.|
+|split | splits file into smaller files based on the options|
+|sort | sort the file base on the options selected.|
+|wc | wordcount|
 ====== Exercise ======