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.\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 26, 2014
+.Dd September 4, 2014
.Dt SH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ from input when in interactive mode.
Force the shell to behave interactively.
.It Fl m Li monitor
Turn on job control (set automatically when interactive).
+A new process group is created for each pipeline (called a job).
+It is possible to suspend jobs or to have them run in the foreground or
+in the background.
+In a non-interactive shell,
+this option can be set even if no terminal is available
+and is useful to place processes in separate process groups.
.It Fl n Li noexec
If not interactive, read commands but do not
execute them.
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