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So NOT "firefox & exit" in the case of firefox for instance

Nor "firefox && exit"

And no "firefox & sleep 3 && exit" for example, since the program will take much less time to load after the first launch

...

I find it incredibly difficult to find doc about how to do, "just that"

EDIT: Thanks to , this does the trick https://poal.co/s/Linux/280077/94304351-dd6d-4afe-b808-7e46ec88cdcd#cmnts

>firefox & xdotool search --sync --onlyvisible --class firefox && exit

So NOT "firefox & exit" in the case of firefox for instance Nor "firefox && exit" And no "firefox & sleep 3 && exit" for example, since the program will take much less time to load after the first launch ... I find it incredibly difficult to find doc about how to do, "just that" EDIT: Thanks to @Obvus, this does the trick https://poal.co/s/Linux/280077/94304351-dd6d-4afe-b808-7e46ec88cdcd#cmnts >>firefox & xdotool search --sync --onlyvisible --class firefox && exit

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No Hangup...

$ nohup firefox & [1] 23814 nohup: ignoring input and appending output to 'nohup.out'

Detach from terminal, be sure to get the correct job # from above

$ disown %1

No longer attached...

$ jobs

$

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I don't see how this is supposed to exit the terminal only once the application is fully loaded or starts to appear on screen

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You're correct, it doesn't. How about:

$ firefox & xdotool search --sync --onlyvisible --class firefox && exit

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Yes

This does the trick, thank you a bunch Obvus