NAME
nohup – run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-ttySYNOPSIS
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 /dev/null. 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.
Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.