My Tech Notes: Suspend/Resume a process by sending SIGSTOP/SIGCONT signals

Suspend/Resume a process by sending SIGSTOP/SIGCONT signals

To suspend the process:
```
kill -SIGSTOP 123
```
To resume the process:
```
kill -SIGCONT 123
```

Note:

On some systems, you may need to use following commands:

To suspend the process:
```
kill -STOP 123
```
To resume the process:
```
kill -CONT 123
```

To list the available signals:
```
kill -l
```

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