Very Computer

Hi,

are there other commands for "&" ?

& stands for executing a script in the background, e.g.:

/home/stefan/tclscript.tcl&.

Thanks
Stefan

try using  nohup

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Sorry, but that isn't what the OP is looking for.

nohup only suppresses SIGHUP on the launched command. It /doesn't/ launch the
command into "background" (i.e. fork, with child exec'ing command and parent
terminating clean).

The closest thing I can think of to the OP's request is to
 - start the command in foreground
 - ^Z to suspend the foreground command
 - bg [jobspec] to resume the suspended command, but in background
but, then again, I'm no shell expert :-)

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