Linux nohup Command

What is Linux nohup Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use nohup command in Linux. nohup command is nohup - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.

nohup Syntax#

nohup COMMAND [ARG]...
nohup OPTION

nohup Examples#

nohup Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of nohup command. nohup command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for nohup command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man nohup

To open info page for nohup command we can use command below.

info nohup

To open help page from nohup command we can run command below.

nohup --help

Linux nohup Command Source Code#

You can find nohup command source code from the folowing repositories:

• nohup source code on GitHub
• nohup source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• nohup source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use nohup in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.