Nigel Peck wrote:
>
> When I enter a command at a shell prompt, how do I return to a prompt
> immediately rather than waiting for the command to complete.
>
Nigel, just type an ampersand at the end of the command line, i.e.:
foo &
This makes it a background process, and returns immediately to the
command line for additional command input. Might slow down your system,
if you have too many commands running in the background, or if one of
them represents a processor/memory intensive task.
rickf
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