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Here is my alias. 

alias myAlias='myScript --option& && exit'

I want to run the script myScript with option option in background and then exit from bash. I want to set it up as an alias called myAlias in my bashrc file. However, I am getting an syntax error when I try to run myAlias. How to fix it?

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    nohup myScript --option& exit Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 9:59
  • Nope it doesn't work. I tried replacing myScript with gedit and option with encoding and it doesn't work. However if I try removing option altogether, then it works. Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 10:06
  • --option& looks like typo, is it really legal? Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 10:07
  • Well no idea, maybe it is legal, but I am not sure if we can use exit after that. Maybe we need a semicolon or && before exit. Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 10:12
  • gedit puts itself in background. Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 10:19

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This works perfectly for me:

alias myAlias='nohup myScript --option& exit'

Why not use exit in myScript if you want to run the script with option "option" in background and then exit from bash, because once the program is run in the background , its terminal independent right ?

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