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Are you working with the linux command line frequently? Are you tired of typing > /dev/null & every time you want to start a desktop application? Well, I have a small snippet of bash that solves this problem!

Just add the following few lines to your .bash_aliases or .bashrc:

# Put some applications automatically in the background
function runbg {
    "$@" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null &
}
for app in eclipse gedit firefox
do
    alias $app="runbg $app"
done