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nohup

nohup command [arguments] &

Continue to execute the named command and optional command arguments after you log out (make command immune to hangups; i.e., no hangup). In the C shell, nohup is built in. In the Bourne shell, nohup allows output redirection; output goes to nohup.out by default.


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