What happens if I don't use & at the end of a nohup command?

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What's the difference between nohup foocommand and nohup foocommand &?

I understand that & marks the task/job/process as running in the background but does that make it more resilient than it would otherwise be?

What happens in both scenarios if my SSH session timeouts or if I get disconnected?

But of course, see also What are the shell’s control and redirection operators? — Scott - Слава Україні, Jun 07 '16 at 02:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 01:01

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The only difference is that the second form put your task into background immediately.

In both cases the process would not terminate if your ssh session get disconnected

answered Jun 07 '16 at 01:01

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