[teddyh]

SIGTSTP (which Ctrl-Z sends) is not the same as SIGSTOP (which always stops/suspends processes). There is always more to learn.

[voltagex_]

That's very useful too - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11886812/whats-the-differ...

and then looking for a way to send everything via the keyboard brought me to http://superuser.com/questions/288772/shell-sigkill-keybindi...