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NOHUP(1) User Commands NOHUP(1)
NAME
nohup - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
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 out‐
put 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.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
utils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 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'
GNU coreutils 8.32 April 2020 NOHUP(1)