> perl -le 'print "I am $$. I sleep now."; kill STOP => $$; print "I am awake again!"' I am 22667. I sleep now. Stopped (signal) > perl -e 'kill CONT => 22667' I am awake again! [1] 22667 Exit 0 perl -le print "I am $$. I sleep now."; kill STOP => $$; print "I am alive again!"