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nohup

invoke a utility immune to hangups

TLDR

Run a process that can live beyond the terminal

$ nohup [command] [argument1 argument2 ...]
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Launch nohup in background mode
$ nohup [command] [argument1 argument2 ...] &
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Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal
$ nohup [path/to/script.sh] &
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Run a process and write the output to a specific file
$ nohup [command] [argument1 argument2 ...] > [path/to/output_file] &
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SYNOPSIS

nohup COMMAND [ARG]...
nohup OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

If standard input is a terminal, redirect it from an unreadable file. If standard output is a terminal, append output to 'nohup.out' if possible, '$HOME/nohup.out' otherwise. If standard error is a terminal, redirect it to standard output. To save output to FILE, use 'nohup COMMAND > FILE'.

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nohup, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

Exit status:

125

if the nohup command itself fails

126

if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked

127

if COMMAND cannot be found

-

the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nohup invocation'

AUTHOR

Written by Jim Meyering.

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