bash -c "some_program with its arguments"

( exec sh -i 3<<SCRIPT 4<&0 <&3                                        ⏎
    echo "do this thing"
    echo "do that thing"
  exec  3>&- <&4
  SCRIPT
)

. ./script

( exec sh -i 3<<SCRIPT 4<&0 <&3                                        ⏎
    echo "do this thing"
    echo "do that thing"
    $(cat /path/to/script)
    exec  3>&- <&4
    SCRIPT
 )

% printf 'echo "%s"n' "These lines will print out as echo"
    "statements run from my interactive shell."
    "This will occur before I'm given the prompt." >|/tmp/script
% ( exec sh -i 3<<SCRIPT 4<&0 <&3
    echo "do this thing"
    echo "do that thing"
    $(cat /tmp/script)
    exec  3>&- <&4
SCRIPT
)
sh-4.3$ echo "do this thing"
    do this thing
sh-4.3$ echo "do that thing"
    do that thing
sh-4.3$ echo "These lines will print out as echo"
    These lines will print out as echo
sh-4.3$ echo "statements run from my interactive shell."
    statements run from my interactive shell.
sh-4.3$ echo "This will occur before I'm given the prompt."
    This will occur before I'm given the prompt.
sh-4.3$ exec  3>&- <&4
sh-4.3$

% man set

−b This option shall be supported if the implementation supports the
         User  Portability  Utilities  option. It shall cause the shell to
         notify the user asynchronously of background job completions. The
         following message is written to standard error:

"[%d]%c %s%sn", <job-number>, <current>, <status>, <job-name>

         where the fields shall be as follows:

         <current> The  character  '+' identifies the job that would be
                     used as a default for the fg or  bg  utilities;  this
                     job  can  also  be specified using the job_id "%+" or
                     "%%".  The character  '−'  identifies  the  job  that
                     would  become  the default if the current default job
                     were to exit; this job can also  be  specified  using
                     the  job_id  "%−".   For  other jobs, this field is a
                     <space>.  At most one job can be identified with  '+'
                     and  at  most one job can be identified with '−'.  If
                     there is any suspended  job,  then  the  current  job
                     shall  be  a suspended job. If there are at least two
                     suspended jobs, then the previous job also shall be a

−m  This option shall be supported if the implementation supports the
         User Portability Utilities option. All jobs shall be run in their
         own  process groups. Immediately before the shell issues a prompt
         after completion of the background job, a message  reporting  the
         exit  status  of  the background job shall be written to standard
         error. If a foreground job stops, the shell shall write a message
         to  standard  error to that effect, formatted as described by the
         jobs utility. In addition, if a job  changes  status  other  than
         exiting  (for  example,  if  it  stops  for input or output or is
         stopped by a SIGSTOP signal), the shell  shall  write  a  similar
         message immediately prior to writing the next prompt. This option
         is enabled by default for interactive shells.

% kill -l
> HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP ABRT BUS FPE KILL USR1 SEGV USR2 PIPE ALRM TERM STKFLT CHLD CONT STOP TSTP TTIN TTOU URG XCPU XFSZ VTALRM PROF WINCH POLL PWR SYS

# hitting 'C-z C-z' will run Ctrl+Z (SIGTSTP, suspend as usual)
bind ^Z stuff ^Z

# hitting 'C-z z' will suspend the screen client
bind z suspend

% fg

% bg

bash -i <<< 'some_program with its arguments; exec </dev/tty'

if [[ -n "START_COMMAND" ]]; then
  start_command="$START_COMMAND"
  unset START_COMMAND
  eval "$start_command"
fi

START_COMMAND='some_program with its arguments' bash

bash -c "some_program with its arguments;bash"

bash -c "
trap 'select wtd in bash restart exit; do [ $wtd = restart ] && break || $wtd ; done' 2
while true; do
    some_program with its arguments
done
"

1) bash
2) restart
3) exit

bash -c "some_program with its arguments; bash"

some_program with its arguments &