Execute unix shell command in background
It might be helpful when you don't need output, example with ls command:
ls > /dev/null 2>&1 &Written by Bartłomiej Danek
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thanks @mhitza, fixed!
over 1 year ago
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It's also useful while working with cron.
over 1 year ago
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Sometimes its nice to do it without the stderr redirection (the 2>&1 part) and still see problems while its running. Even if its forked stderr will show in your shell. Same for cron, you wont loose those messages (will be in log).
over 1 year ago
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If you combine it with nohup or screen, you can even log out without the program being terminated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen
over 1 year ago
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