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  • disown removes the process from the job-control list. Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 14:39
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    Why not disown -h? Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 15:18
  • @CeesTimmerman That leaves the job in the shell's job table, but what's the advantage of that? Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 15:20
  • @Gilles: so you can still fg or kill it, and see if it ends on its own. Commented Aug 11, 2015 at 20:47
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    @dma_k In this example, you'd only need to move grep's output. Commented Oct 18, 2015 at 12:02