Starting and stopping Processes

To pause your proccess first find your proccess id with ps ax or top command.

Using the process status command ps:

shell> ps ax | grep proccessname

Or using the top command:

shell> top

Copy the process id of your proccess.

Stopping your process:

shell> kill -STOP proccessid

Starting/Continuing your proccess again:

shell> kill -CONT proccessid

That’s it