NOHUP(1) User Commands NOHUP(1)
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.
--help
display this help and exit
--version
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 de-
tails 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
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nohup invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 NOHUP(1)