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# nohup

> Allows for a process to live when the terminal gets killed.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup>.

- Run a process that can live beyond the terminal:

`nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}`

- Launch `nohup` in background mode:

`nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} &`

- Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal:

`nohup {{path/to/script.sh}} &`

- Run a process and write the output to a specific file:

`nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} &`
