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Keep a program running in terminal

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So I am well aware of nohup and suffixing commands with & to ensure that they go into the background.

However if I run a graphical application - sometimes using neither seems to do the job. So what can I prefix a program/command with to ensure that it keeps running after the terminal is closed?

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answered 3 Years ago skaing · Accepted Answer

If you want the application to keep running when you close the terminal window you should do:

nohup chromium-browser &

You need both the nohup and the &.

nohup means keep this process/command running after the shell closes.

& means put this process/command in the background so it dose not block the shell (so you can use it for something else.