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set -o notify

works under both unix & linux

thanks for replying. I can tell when a job stops if I keep hitting enter.

With the code/option, I don't need to keep hitting enter - the screen/command line will suddenly give me a

"[1]+ ...

In my last job someone gave me the command to put in my .profile that let me know when a job I had running in the background finished. It was a word about 5 char long. I can't remember it!