How to avoid creating nohup.out file

Question

nohup command &> /dev/null &

This command still creates nohup.out file. Could you please help on how to avoid it?

possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10408816/how-do-i-use-the-nohup-command-without-getting-nohup-out — Bart, Jun 27 '19 at 10:20

dr_ · Answer 1 · 2019-06-27T10:10:02.227

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&> is not POSIX standard. You need to use this syntax:

nohup command >/dev/null 2>&1 &

edited Jun 27 '19 at 10:10

answered Jun 27 '19 at 10:05

dr_

Assuming that they are using bash, this is what they are doing. – Kusalananda Jun 27 '19 at 10:09
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@Kusalananda nohup should NOT create a nohup.out file when its stdout is not a tty. Moreover, nohup > /dev/null should be enough. The OP was probably bitten by the &> bashism (which will silently fail to redirect anything in other shells). This answer is right for that part. – Jun 27 '19 at 10:17

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