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101-400 · Question #142
101-400 Question #142: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is B. It causes the command to be run in the background of the current shell.. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What is the purpose of the & character at the end of a command line?
Options
- AIt causes standard error to be unbuffered.
- BIt causes the command to be run in the background of the current shell.
- CIt puts the command under the job control facilities of the current shell.
- DIt causes the command to be run as a child of the initial login shell of the user.
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