Bash run in background

Execute program in background bash

//Example: run 'ping' in the backgroud

user@machine:~/$ping 8.8.8.8 &

or..

user@machine:~/$ping 8.8.8.8
                             **ctrl + z #stop it from runing(pause)
user@machine:~/$bg #bg makes it start again in the background

How to run command in background bash linux

#Method 1 
xmgrace & 
your_commands &

# Method 2
nohup your_commands &
eg : nohup cp Home/my_dir ./ &
#this will give you several " nohup.out file

#method 3
nohup some_command > nohup2.out&

Bash run in background

# To run a command in the background, you can add & after a command.
# When this happens, there will be output to the terminal that shows
# the process ID of the command.
# Example:
conky & # This runs conky in the background (I have no example ideas)

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