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What's the difference between ^S and ^Z inside a terminal?

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When using a terminal emulator, one can stop the currently running program with either CTRL-Z or CTRL-S. What's the difference between these control characters?

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CTRL-Z sends the signal, which forces the program to stop. With or you can send and start it in the front- or background. CTRL-S just stops outputting stuff to the terminal. ( ) You can turn it back on with CTRL-Q.( )

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