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How can I start two or more processes from the bash prompt in the same time, instead of doing it sequentially? So, I do not ask for $command1;command2;... but how to use multitasking from the command line?

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firing up commands

Submitted by pinniped on Thu, 2007-04-19 08:44.

You can fork a process using '&':
ls -l &
ps -e &

Usually it is safer to write a script to do any tasks that you repeat.

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firing up commands

Submitted by 1 on Thu, 2007-04-19 10:15.

Wow, the new symbol &! This is a chest in Zangband, i think. And a demon somewhere else. Hmmm...

Thanks!

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