On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 11:15, Rick Forrister wrote:
> 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
add an '&' to the end of the line. View what's running by
typing 'jobs' and kill them by typing kill % (ie "kill %1")
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.
>
> thanks
> Nigel
>
>
add a & to the end of your command:
# konqueror &
AE
-Original Message-
From: Nigel Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 11:54 AM
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Subject: One more question...
When I enter a command at a shell prompt, how do I return to a prompt
immediatel
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
