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I have got a Linux task that finishes and prints:

[6]- Done

I have noticed that in the past it would print:

[6]+ Done

Is there any difference between + and -?

P̲̳x͓L̳
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Jadiel de Armas
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man bash states:

In output pertaining to jobs (e.g., the output of the jobs command), the current job is always flagged with a +, and the previous job with a -.

Therefore, the command with '+' is the most recent command sent to the background.

kai
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