Using nohup to Keep Commands Running After Terminal Closure The nohup command allows you to run a command in the background and keep it running even after the terminal session is closed.

If you run a bash script while using a different shell, this line ensures that bash—and not your current shell—will run the commands included in the script.

However, unlike many other languages, bash scripting doesn't use a compiler to run its code but instead relies on a command-line interpreter. The interpreter takes the commands from Bash and runs ...

Creating sub-shells in bash is simple: just put the commands to be run in the sub-shell inside parentheses. This causes bash to start the commands as a separate process.

The bash man page will tell you a little about the eval command, though you would have to scroll down nearly 5,000 lines to find it. There are, after all, no man pages for built-ins.

Azure Cloud Shell now supports the Linux-based Bash command-line interface (CLI), Microsoft announced this week.