For example, if I type gimp
in my terminal, Gimp will launch, but it will wait for gimp to be closed before returning control to the terminal. If I press CtrlC it will close Gimp. How do I prevent this?
1 Answer
place an ampersand (&) at the end of the command, e.g.:
gksu nautilus &
to start a root file manager, or in your case, to start GIMP:
gimp &
It's really as simple as that!
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And run
disown
("Remove jobs from current shell") if you wish to be able to close that terminal. Jan 9, 2019 at 16:40