# man > nohup

> **TLDR:** Allows for a process to live when the terminal gets killed.
>
- Run a process that can live beyond the terminal:
  `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}`
- Launch `nohup` in background mode:
  `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} &`
- Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal:
  `nohup {{path/to/script.sh}} &`
- Run a process and write the output to a specific file:
  `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} &`

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## 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  stan‐
       dard error is a terminal, redirect it to standard output.  To save output to FILE, use 'nohup
       COMMAND > FILE'.

       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of nohup, which usually supersedes the version de‐
       scribed here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details 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
       GNU coreutils online help: <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>>
       Report any translation bugs to <<https://translationproject.org/team/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2023 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.

## SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup>>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nohup invocation'

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