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Preventing bash from displaying "Done" when a background command finishes executing
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Mar 15, 20269079 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
If I run a command in the background with , like this: when the command finishes, I get "Done". How I can avoid seeing the "Done" message ?
Error Output
sleep 2 &
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Fix for: Preventing bash from displaying "Done" when a background command finishes executing
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Execute the shell built-in: This works by turning off "monitor mode" so the shell doesn't report terminating background jobs. Although running the command in a subshell like: ...will also disable the message, the only reason it works is because moni…
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