I have the same script, calling it nnohup in my ~/bin folder. Common GUI programs I often launch from the command line I put an alias in my .bashrc for. e.g.

I have the same script, calling it nnohup in my ~/bin folder. Common GUI programs I often launch from the command line I put an alias in my .bashrc for. e.g. alias thg="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/thg" alias rabbitvcs="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/rabbitvcs" alias meld="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/meld" alias xnview="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/xnview" alias dolphin="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/dolphin" alias vlc="~/bin/nnohup /usr/bin/vlc"