NOHUP(1) General Commands Manual NOHUP(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

nohup - Run COMMAND ignoring hangup signals.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**nohup** COMMAND \[ARG]...  
**nohup** OPTION

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Run COMMAND ignoring hangup signals.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

# [EXTRA](#EXTRA)

If standard input is terminal, it'll be replaced with /dev/null. If standard output is terminal, it'll be appended to nohup.out instead, or $HOME/nohup.out, if nohup.out open failed. If standard error is terminal, it'll be redirected to stdout.

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-09-17

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Document: nohup(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils