freeing the prompt

[Rex Dieter]

azeem ahmad wrote:
> i have a program that captures the terminal, mean when i run it it shows 
> some outputs on that terminal, i want it to run it in background, i 
> remember there is some thing to do with redirecting its output to 
> /dev/null, but it simply hides the output, it doesnt free the prompt
> can u guys tell me about the command

$ command &

will run 'command' in the background.  Is that what you're after?

-- Rex