jobs -q; echo $status sleep 5 & sleep 5 & jobs -c jobs -q; echo $status bg -23 1 2>/dev/null or echo bg: invalid option -23 >&2 fg 3 bg 3 sleep 1 & disown jobs -c disown foo disown (jobs -p) or exit 0 # https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/5824 function foo sleep 1 & jobs -c end foo