On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 18:20 +0000, azeem ahmad wrote: > i have a program that captures the terminal, mean when i run it it shows > some outputs on that terminal, i want it to run it in background, i remember > there is some thing to do with redirecting its output to /dev/null, but it > simply hides the output, it doesnt free the prompt Append an ampersand after it. e.g. firefox & -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.