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Shells and Shell Scripting
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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Topics
#background processes#job control#shell metacharacters#process management