NOHUP(1)

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version 9.12 · 27 versions
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💖 NOHUP(1) 💖

ok so bestie, this is the manual page for nohup from the User Commands section, and honestly? she's a lifesaver. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nohup — run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nohup COMMAND [ARG]...
nohup OPTION

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Run COMMAND, ignoring hangup signals. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you close your terminal, your process stays alive. main character energy fr fr 💅

  • --help — display this help and exit
  • --version — output version information and exit

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  • 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.
⚠️ okay important heads-up bestie: 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. don't come for me, come for your shell 💀

💜 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

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jim Meyering. king behavior, we stan ⭐

🎀 REPORTING BUGS 🎀

Found a bug? not the vibe. tell someone:

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. (yes the caps are doing the work here, bestie, that's on purpose)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

GNU coreutils 9.12 🍓 September 2026 🌸 — that's the version and the date, and that's the page, bestie. go forth and nohup responsibly 🧚✨💖

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