NOHUP

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: February 2026
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NAME

nohup - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a no-tty  

SYNOPSIS

nohup ,COMMAND /[,ARG/]...
nohup ,OPTION/  

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals.

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup#nohu-help'--helpX'tty: link'

display this help and exit

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup#nohu-version'--versionX'tty: link'

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 output to FILE, use 'nohup COMMAND > FILE'.

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.  

Exit status:

125

if the nohup command itself fails

126

if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked

127

if COMMAND cannot be found

-

the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

 

AUTHOR

Written by Jim Meyering.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org

Report Gentoo bugs to: https://bugs.gentoo.org/
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) nohup invocationaq

Packaged by Gentoo (9.10 (p0))
Copyright © 2026 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.

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