# Linux commands: fg

> Learn how the Linux fg command brings a background job back to the foreground, resuming the last one or a specific job number you find with the jobs command.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2020-09-14 | Topics: [CLI](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/cli/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/linux-command-fg/

When a command is running in the background, because you started it with `&` at the end (example: `top &` or because you put it in the background with the `bg` command, you can put it to the foreground using `fg`.

Running

```bash
fg
```

will resume to the foreground the last job that was suspended.

You can also specify which job you want to resume to the foreground passing the job number, which you can get using the `jobs` command.

![Terminal showing jobs command output with two stopped background jobs labeled 1 and 2 running top commands](https://flaviocopes.com/images/linux-command-fg/Screen_Shot_2020-09-03_at_16.12.46.png)

Running `fg 2` will resume job #2:

![Terminal showing top command running in foreground displaying system processes and resource usage statistics](https://flaviocopes.com/images/linux-command-fg/Screen_Shot_2020-09-03_at_16.12.54.png)

> The `fg` command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment