partial answer to number 1.

Stop Process #488
kill -SIGSTOP 488

In Bash, restart job #4
bg %4

Note that process number is the system process
number, job number is the job number in that
instance of Bash. To get one from the other:

In Bash, list jobs with process number:
jobs -l


On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, William Lindley wrote:

> Thinking back to the days of RSTS-E (DEC PDP-11, the first timeshare
> computer I used) is there a Unix-y way to:
>
>   * Completely suspend a running task - not just a low priority
>     but totally stop it until it's later restarted
>   * Attach a task from another terminal to the one I'm at now
>     (I.e., I start emacs on virtual terminal 3 and I want to move it
>     to virtual terminal 2)
>
> \\/
>
>
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