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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-ttySYNOPSIS
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/>
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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))
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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