How to run shell command in background with multiple commands in one line

Question

I want to run multiple commands in one line, and one of them have to run in background.

Script like that:

cd /tmp; python -m SimpleHTTPServer &; echo "Hello"

I want to cd to /tmp directory, and then brings up the python simplehttpserver in the background, on the same time run echo "Hello", but it turns out

 syntax error near unexpected token `;'

What should I do?

Luis · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-15 03:33:15Z

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The & is already separator in sh/bash. Does this do what you want?

cd /tmp; python -m SimpleHTTPServer & echo "Hello"
You can also try eval

cd /tmp; eval "python -m SimpleHTTPServer &" ; echo "Hello"

answered Nov 15, 2013 at 3:33

Luis

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