How to start a completely quiet background process using bash

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This article describes how to execute unix processes in the background using the default linux shell: /bin/bash

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"command"
Will start that command in the foreground. All output (standard/output) will be shown.

"command &"
Will start that command in the background. All output (standard/output) will be shown.

"command >/dev/null &"
Will start that command in the background. Only error messages will be shown.

"command 2&>/dev/null &"
Will start that command in the background. No output will be shown.

"command >myoutput 2>myerrors &"
Will start that command in the background. Standard output will be placed in a file "myoutput" and errors in a file "myerrors".