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How to start a completely quiet background process using bash
Problem: This article describes how to execute unix processes in the background using the default linux shell: /bin/bash
Solution: "`command`" Will start that command in the foreground. All output (standard/output) will be shown. "`command &`" Will start that command in the background. All output (standard/output) will be shown. "`command >/dev/null &`" Will start that command in the background. Only error messages will be shown. "`command 2&>/dev/null &`" Will start that command in the background. No output will be shown. "`command >myoutput 2>myerrors &`" Will start that command in the background. Standard output will be placed in a file "`myoutput`" and errors in a file "`myerrors`".
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