Start process in background at keybind (append `& disown` on Ctrl+Enter)
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Let's say I want to open Chrome, Sublime Idea, etc. from the command line while maintaining the control of the terminal.
Is there a way to append & disown to the command in Bash when you press Ctrl+Enter or other convenient combination?
I tried to make alias for them, e.g. alias subl='subl & disown', but passing arguments won't work anymore and having to write aliases for all the programs I want to use this way is too much of a hassle. There has to be a smarter way.
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Let's say I want to open Chrome, Sublime Idea, etc. from the command line while maintaining the control of the terminal.
Is there a way to append & disown to the command in Bash when you press Ctrl+Enter or other convenient combination?
I tried to make alias for them, e.g. alias subl='subl & disown', but passing arguments won't work anymore and having to write aliases for all the programs I want to use this way is too much of a hassle. There has to be a smarter way.
command-line bash
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Look at shell functions.
– Scott
Dec 9 at 0:37
I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47
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Let's say I want to open Chrome, Sublime Idea, etc. from the command line while maintaining the control of the terminal.
Is there a way to append & disown to the command in Bash when you press Ctrl+Enter or other convenient combination?
I tried to make alias for them, e.g. alias subl='subl & disown', but passing arguments won't work anymore and having to write aliases for all the programs I want to use this way is too much of a hassle. There has to be a smarter way.
command-line bash
edited Dec 9 at 2:27
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Let's say I want to open Chrome, Sublime Idea, etc. from the command line while maintaining the control of the terminal.
Is there a way to append & disown to the command in Bash when you press Ctrl+Enter or other convenient combination?
I tried to make alias for them, e.g. alias subl='subl & disown', but passing arguments won't work anymore and having to write aliases for all the programs I want to use this way is too much of a hassle. There has to be a smarter way.
command-line bash
command-line bash
edited Dec 9 at 2:27
Kamil Maciorowski
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asked Dec 9 at 0:21
Dani
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edited Dec 9 at 2:27
Kamil Maciorowski
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asked Dec 9 at 0:21
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edited Dec 9 at 2:27
Kamil Maciorowski
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edited Dec 9 at 2:27
Kamil Maciorowski
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edited Dec 9 at 2:27
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Look at shell functions.
– Scott
Dec 9 at 0:37
I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47
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Look at shell functions.
– Scott
Dec 9 at 0:37
I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47
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Look at shell functions.
– Scott
Dec 9 at 0:37
Look at shell functions.
– Scott
Dec 9 at 0:37
I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47
I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47
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From your comment:
I added
"C-e": ' & disownn'in.inputrcand it does what I want on Ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work withninstead ofe.
I don't think n is the right string to use, but there's a bigger problem: in a console Enter itself is C-M i.e. Ctrl+M, so Ctrl+Enter is just Enter and you cannot tell them apart.
You can, however, tell apart Enter and Meta (aka Alt)+Enter. Place this line into your .inputrc:
"C-M-M":' & disownn'
and hit Meta (aka Alt)+Enter whenever you want to use it.
answered Dec 9 at 2:16
Kamil Maciorowski
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I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
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I've learned that r shares the same ASCII code as Ctrl+M, which means Ctrl+Enter is equivalent to Ctrl+Ctrl+M. Pressing Ctrl twice doesn't make any sense, so Ctrl and Enter can't be used together in terminal without some xterm translation.
I managed to do the trick with Ctrl+E by adding "C-E": ' & disownn ' in .inputrc.
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From your comment:
I added
"C-e": ' & disownn'in.inputrcand it does what I want on Ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work withninstead ofe.
I don't think n is the right string to use, but there's a bigger problem: in a console Enter itself is C-M i.e. Ctrl+M, so Ctrl+Enter is just Enter and you cannot tell them apart.
You can, however, tell apart Enter and Meta (aka Alt)+Enter. Place this line into your .inputrc:
"C-M-M":' & disownn'
and hit Meta (aka Alt)+Enter whenever you want to use it.
answered Dec 9 at 2:16
Kamil Maciorowski
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I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
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From your comment:
I added
"C-e": ' & disownn'in.inputrcand it does what I want on Ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work withninstead ofe.
I don't think n is the right string to use, but there's a bigger problem: in a console Enter itself is C-M i.e. Ctrl+M, so Ctrl+Enter is just Enter and you cannot tell them apart.
You can, however, tell apart Enter and Meta (aka Alt)+Enter. Place this line into your .inputrc:
"C-M-M":' & disownn'
and hit Meta (aka Alt)+Enter whenever you want to use it.
answered Dec 9 at 2:16
Kamil Maciorowski
23.5k155072
I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
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From your comment:
I added
"C-e": ' & disownn'in.inputrcand it does what I want on Ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work withninstead ofe.
I don't think n is the right string to use, but there's a bigger problem: in a console Enter itself is C-M i.e. Ctrl+M, so Ctrl+Enter is just Enter and you cannot tell them apart.
You can, however, tell apart Enter and Meta (aka Alt)+Enter. Place this line into your .inputrc:
"C-M-M":' & disownn'
and hit Meta (aka Alt)+Enter whenever you want to use it.
answered Dec 9 at 2:16
Kamil Maciorowski
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From your comment:
I added
"C-e": ' & disownn'in.inputrcand it does what I want on Ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work withninstead ofe.
I don't think n is the right string to use, but there's a bigger problem: in a console Enter itself is C-M i.e. Ctrl+M, so Ctrl+Enter is just Enter and you cannot tell them apart.
You can, however, tell apart Enter and Meta (aka Alt)+Enter. Place this line into your .inputrc:
"C-M-M":' & disownn'
and hit Meta (aka Alt)+Enter whenever you want to use it.
answered Dec 9 at 2:16
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answered Dec 9 at 2:16
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I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
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I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
I also tried with shift+enter "C-J":' & disownn' , but the n at the end got me in a loop. I've replaced the n with r and now it works fine. Thanks for your answer, I'll find something useful to map it to the alt key too. Cheers
– Dani
Dec 9 at 2:46
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I've learned that r shares the same ASCII code as Ctrl+M, which means Ctrl+Enter is equivalent to Ctrl+Ctrl+M. Pressing Ctrl twice doesn't make any sense, so Ctrl and Enter can't be used together in terminal without some xterm translation.
I managed to do the trick with Ctrl+E by adding "C-E": ' & disownn ' in .inputrc.
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I've learned that r shares the same ASCII code as Ctrl+M, which means Ctrl+Enter is equivalent to Ctrl+Ctrl+M. Pressing Ctrl twice doesn't make any sense, so Ctrl and Enter can't be used together in terminal without some xterm translation.
I managed to do the trick with Ctrl+E by adding "C-E": ' & disownn ' in .inputrc.
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Scott
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answered Dec 9 at 2:15
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I've learned that r shares the same ASCII code as Ctrl+M, which means Ctrl+Enter is equivalent to Ctrl+Ctrl+M. Pressing Ctrl twice doesn't make any sense, so Ctrl and Enter can't be used together in terminal without some xterm translation.
I managed to do the trick with Ctrl+E by adding "C-E": ' & disownn ' in .inputrc.
edited Dec 14 at 9:54
Scott
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answered Dec 9 at 2:15
Dani
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I've learned that r shares the same ASCII code as Ctrl+M, which means Ctrl+Enter is equivalent to Ctrl+Ctrl+M. Pressing Ctrl twice doesn't make any sense, so Ctrl and Enter can't be used together in terminal without some xterm translation.
I managed to do the trick with Ctrl+E by adding "C-E": ' & disownn ' in .inputrc.
edited Dec 14 at 9:54
Scott
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answered Dec 9 at 2:15
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I added ` "C-e": ' & disownn' ` in .inputrc and it does what I want on ctrl+e. For some reason it doesn't work with n instead of e
– Dani
Dec 9 at 0:47