Put the command in background running state. Apart from that, it also maintains a log file called nohup.out
This command would execute echo "Yes" if the file /etc/passwd exits. Else would execute echo "No". This is a great command for make decisions based on file existence. Basically ?/usr/bin/[' or '[' is a test command in Linux. Show Sample Output
This command would find the file secret.txt and change its permissions to 755.
This command will find the file project.txt and delete it.
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