
Subshells
Enclose a command or commands in parens to run it in a subshell.
A completely new Bash process runs the commands you enclose.
Example
Send output of two commands to a third via one pipe:
$ ( echo "Hello, cutie!" ; echo Miss you! ) \
> | mail sweetie@home_sweet_home.com
Poor-man's daemonize
$ ( mozilla-firefox &)
Copyright 2005, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.
Presented at LFNW - LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, Apr 2005
Presentation created using vim and MagicPoint.