Comments on: Ubuntu Tip: How To Launch Programs In The Background From A Terminal Window http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html Computer - Internet - Technology Tips And Tutorials Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:38:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-27436 Robert Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:21:32 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-27436 @<a href="#comment-14722" rel="nofollow">man_on_the_street</a>: "In case 1.) you canuse the programme "sux" to switch users. It allows programmes, launched by the user you change to, to display windows on your X server." I know this is a really old post...but Google led me here. Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this! Somehow I'd never had this problem before; sux was a great, simple solution. @man_on_the_street:

"In case 1.) you canuse the programme "sux" to switch users. It allows programmes, launched by the user you change to, to display windows on your X server."

I know this is a really old post…but Google led me here. Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this! Somehow I'd never had this problem before; sux was a great, simple solution.

]]> By: Steven P http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-25075 Steven P Fri, 21 May 2010 11:27:41 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-25075 @<a href="#comment-20454" rel="nofollow">Anonymous</a>: Greetings. Rather than berating a man for not knowing how to fish, why not show him how to bait a hook? You and your ilk add way too much background noise. @Anonymous:

Greetings. Rather than berating a man for not knowing how to fish, why not show him how to bait a hook? You and your ilk add way too much background noise.

]]> By: ubuntardX http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-23922 ubuntardX Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:15:59 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-23922 Great little tutorial, really well explained and exactly what I need for ssh terminal connections. Thanks man articles like this are really making getting to grips with terminal a lot easier. Ready to start playing with Ubuntu server edition soon! Great little tutorial, really well explained and exactly what I need for ssh terminal connections. Thanks man articles like this are really making getting to grips with terminal a lot easier. Ready to start playing with Ubuntu server edition soon!

]]> By: Watching The Net http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-22012 Watching The Net Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:52:53 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-22012 @JP Good point. This is the reason why idiots like Anonymous will never get it. All they do is cry and whine that linux is not the primary desktop used by consumers. Then when they see help being offered to newbies, they do nothing but bash and hide behind anonymous posts. @JP

Good point. This is the reason why idiots like Anonymous will never get it. All they do is cry and whine that linux is not the primary desktop used by consumers. Then when they see help being offered to newbies, they do nothing but bash and hide behind anonymous posts.

]]> By: JP http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-22010 JP Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:01:42 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-22010 @<a href="#comment-21931" rel="nofollow">Anonymous</a>: Of course the article "reeks of ubuntard". Even waaaaay more obvious than running processes in the background is the fact that this was written for those who didn't know before. In order to know the information that was detailed in this article, someone needs to be told by someone or some resource. I highly doubt anyone who has 1) not already been told and 2) has been using linux for less than 3 minutes will say "oh I wonder what happens if I stick a random symbol after a command. Let's try a '&'" followed by "lets try more random letters and see if it does anything. I'll try 'fg %1'" Anyways, my point is that yes, this article is geared towards linux newbies (which you were at one point in the past!) so let's let the linux newbies soak it up without having you tell them they're total idiots for not already knowing it, k? Since they're here, they obviously want to learn it. Let's not discourage that. @Anonymous:
Of course the article "reeks of ubuntard". Even waaaaay more obvious than running processes in the background is the fact that this was written for those who didn't know before. In order to know the information that was detailed in this article, someone needs to be told by someone or some resource. I highly doubt anyone who has 1) not already been told and 2) has been using linux for less than 3 minutes will say "oh I wonder what happens if I stick a random symbol after a command. Let's try a '&'" followed by "lets try more random letters and see if it does anything. I'll try 'fg %1'"

Anyways, my point is that yes, this article is geared towards linux newbies (which you were at one point in the past!) so let's let the linux newbies soak it up without having you tell them they're total idiots for not already knowing it, k? Since they're here, they obviously want to learn it. Let's not discourage that.

]]> By: Watching The Net http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21934 Watching The Net Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:53:11 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21934 @Anonymous You need to to get outside more if you believe that is true ; -) @Anonymous

You need to to get outside more if you believe that is true ; -)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21931 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:02:47 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21931 @<a href="#comment-21930" rel="nofollow">stathiz</a>: Nah, wasn't you. Was the article. Was so ludicrously obvious is all. Anyone who uses Linux for more than three minutes figures that out. @stathiz: Nah, wasn't you. Was the article. Was so ludicrously obvious is all. Anyone who uses Linux for more than three minutes figures that out.

]]> By: stathiz http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21930 stathiz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:53:46 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21930 of course. thanks and I apologize for ruining your day with my ignorance and stupidity. of course.
thanks and I apologize for ruining your day with my ignorance and stupidity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21929 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:46:26 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21929 Send it to /dev/null, of course: firefox & > /dev/null Send it to /dev/null, of course:

firefox & > /dev/null

]]> By: stathiz http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21927 stathiz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:21:18 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21927 @<a href="#comment-21925" rel="nofollow">Anonymous</a>: so do you actually have something to suggest? @Anonymous:

so do you actually have something to suggest?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21925 Anonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:57:12 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21925 Because you're still running it from the terminal Nothing about putting th & at the end tells the program NOT to use stdout. Thiis post still reeks of Ubuntard. Holy crap! you can run x programs from a terminal! And in the background, too! Because you're still running it from the terminal Nothing about putting th & at the end tells the program NOT to use stdout.

Thiis post still reeks of Ubuntard. Holy crap! you can run x programs from a terminal! And in the background, too!

]]> By: stathiz http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21924 stathiz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:54:30 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21924 Thank you very much for the post. When I try to run firefox in background using firefox & it keeps printing output information on the terminal, so its not entirely on the background. If i type a command it is being executed but when a new output is created it is printed again on the screen... Any idea why this is happening? Thank you very much for the post.
When I try to run firefox in background using
firefox &
it keeps printing output information on the terminal, so its not entirely on the background. If i type a command it is being executed but when a new output is created it is printed again on the screen…

Any idea why this is happening?

]]> By: Nanonymous http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-21042 Nanonymous Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:55 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-21042 Does ctrl-C work for useless posts like yours? Get a grep you cron-magnon. Aux, did I hit sore spot? Why don't -u pico on someone your own size. Geez, looking at the title (of the thread), it IS a newbish post; so why did you bother stopping by...and how does the arpanet look through a terminal? Get your head out of the matri...er...I mean your a$$. Does ctrl-C work for useless posts like yours? Get a grep you cron-magnon. Aux, did I hit sore spot? Why don't -u pico on someone your own size. Geez, looking at the title (of the thread), it IS a newbish post; so why did you bother stopping by…and how does the arpanet look through a terminal? Get your head out of the matri…er…I mean your a$$.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-20454 Anonymous Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:04:14 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-20454 This is such a horribly newbish post. ALMOST a newbish as pointing out that you can run programs from the terminal. Of course, this is an Ubuntard post, so I shouldn't be surprised. Is Canonical that determined to make Ubuntu so idiot friendly that even the most basic Linux skills are passed over? This is such a horribly newbish post. ALMOST a newbish as pointing out that you can run programs from the terminal.

Of course, this is an Ubuntard post, so I shouldn't be surprised. Is Canonical that determined to make Ubuntu so idiot friendly that even the most basic Linux skills are passed over?

]]> By: Nadinengland http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-tip-how-to-launch-programs-in-the-background-from-a-terminal-window.html#comment-19079 Nadinengland Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:41:16 +0000 http://www.watchingthenet.com/linux-tip-run-background-processes-from-terminal-window.html#comment-19079 Thanks alot, just what I have been looking for. Thanks alot, just what I have been looking for.

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