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October 31, 2015 22:13
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A unix shortcut for running a GUI program in the background from the command line. Runs process in the background and redirects output.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| if [ -z "$1" ]; then # check if we have any arguments | |
| echo usage: $0 command # if not, print a message and quit | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| nohup "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 & # "$@" expands all the given arguments |
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