kill xterm kills app!

[Kevin Chan-Henry]

The parenthesises execute the encapsulated commands in a subshell.

duncan brown wrote:

>Austin Isler said:
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>>>>>(xclock &) &
>>>>>
>>>>>not sure what it's called, but that works. i used
>>>>>to knwo the name, but
>>>>>i've become old and stupid.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>AMPERSAND!!!!!
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>i know what the & symbol is called, you can't be a sysadmin for 7+ years
>without learning that one.  i don't remember what encapsulating a commanmd
>within the (parenthesis) is called, it has a specific name.
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