UNIX - nohup

nohup (no hangup)Overview

-  prefixing a command with nohup prevents the command from being aborted automatically when you log out or exit the shell.
- & The "&" symbol at the end of the command instructs bash to run nohup mycommand in the background.
- If standard input is a terminal, so, terminal input is not possible when running a command with nohup.

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Usage

- nohup mycommand
- nohup mycommand &
- nohup /path/to/command-name arg1 arg2 &
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