suspend - Send a SIGSTOP to the current shell

Description

suspend is an alias for stop $$, where stop is an alias of kill -STOP and $$ expands to the current process of the shell. suspend sends a SIGSTOP to the current shell.

See kill - End a process or job, or send it a signal for more information.

In the tcsh shell, suspend causes the tcsh shell to stop in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. See tcsh - Invoke a C shell.

Related information

kill, sh, tcsh